Icky Thump chords by The White Stripes

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
E MajorE
Ah, icky thump
E MajorE
Who'da thunk?
E MajorE                 G+G A augmentedA
Sitting drunk on a wagon to Mexico

E MajorE
Ahh well
E MajorE
What a chump
E MajorE
Well my head got a bump
E MajorE             G+G A augmentedA
When I hit it on the radio

E MajorE
Redhead señorita
E MajorE
Looking dead
E MajorE
Came and said
E MajorE
Need a bed
E MajorE      G+G A augmentedA
In Español

E MajorE
I said
E MajorE
Gimme a drink of water
E MajorE
I'm gonna sing around the collar
E MajorE              G+G A augmentedA
And I don't need a microphone

Chorus: (arranged for open Chord position)
e|-0-----------------------0-----------------------2--0--------------------0--------------2--4--2/4-|
BB|-0-----------------------2-----------------------0--0--------------------2--------------3--5--3/5-|
G+G|-0--2-0------------------2---2-0------3-2--------0--0-2-0----------------2-----2-0------2--4--2/4-|
D MajorD|-2------4-0--0-----------2-------4-0------2------0--2-----4-0--0---------2---------4-0--0---------|
A augmentedA|-2-------------4-0-------0-----------------------2--2------------4-0-----0------------------------|
E MajorE|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---0-----0~~~~~~~----------0--3--0~~~~~~~~~~-------0-----0~~~~-----------------|

E MajorE Minor (4 beats) E MajorE Minor (3 Beats) G+G E MajorE


Verse 2:
E MajorE
Icky Thump
E MajorE
With a lump in my throat
E MajorE
Grabbed my coat
E MajorE
And I was freaking
E MajorE         G+G A augmentedA
I was ready to go!

E MajorE
And I swear
E MajorE
Besides the hair
E MajorE
She had one white eye
E MajorE
One blank stare
E MajorE
Looking up
  G+G  A augmentedA
Lying there

E MajorE
On the stand
E MajorE
Near her hand
E MajorE
Was a candy cane
E MajorE
Black rum, sugar cane
E MajorE        G+G A augmentedA
Dry ice and something strange

E MajorE
La la la la la la la
E MajorE         G+G  A augmentedA
La la la la la la la

Chorus Repeats:


Verse 3:
E MajorE
White Americans, what
E MajorE
Nothing better to do
E MajorE
Why don't you kick yourself out
E MajorE         E MajorE G+G A augmentedA
You're an immigrant too
E MajorE
Who's using who
E MajorE
What should we do?
E MajorE
Well, you can't be a pimp
E MajorE      E MajorE A augmentedA G+G E MajorE
And a prostitute too


Chorus Repeats:
E MajorE
Icky thump
E MajorE
Handcuffed to a bunk
E MajorE
Robbed blind
E MajorE
Looked around
E MajorE          G+G A augmentedA
And there was nobody else

E MajorE
Left alone
E MajorE
I hit myself with a stone
E MajorE
Went home and learned how
E MajorE         A augmentedA G+G E MajorE
To clean up after myself

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