Icky Bump chords by The White Stripes

Tuning: Standard EBGDAE

Difficulty: intermediate

Intro: (E5 G D5) 4x


E5
Yah-hee, icky thump
E5
Who'd-a thunk?
E5
Sittin' drunk
E5                   G D5
On a wagon to Mexico

E5
Her hair, what a chump
E5
And my head
E5
Got a bump
E5                        G D5
When I hit it on the radio

E5
Red-head señorita
E5
Lookin' dead
E5
Came to said,
E5                       G D5
"I need a bed" en español

E5
So I gave a drink of water
E5
I'm gonna sing around the collar
E5                              G D5
Well, I don't need a microphone

Solo 1 : 2x

E | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G | ----------------------------------6/7-6----------------------------------------7--(b9)-7-9
D | -5/7-5-4----------------5/7-5-4---------7------5/7-5-4--------------5/7-5-4----7--(b9)-7-9
A | ---------5-5-4----5--2----------5---------5--2---------5-5-4----5--2--------5-----------
E | ---------------5--3--0--------------------3--0---------------5--3--0--------------------

E5 (mute) G D5

(E5 G D5)2x

E5
Icky thump, with the lump
E5
In my throat
E5
Grab my coat
E5                                    G D5
And now it's reckon I was ready to go

E5
Yeah, I swam beside the hair
E5
She had one white eye
E5
One blank stare
E5                      G D5
Lookin' up, lyin' there

E5
On a stand in her hair
E5
Was a candy cane
E5
Black rum , sugar cane
E5                         G D5
Dry eye, somethin' strange!

E5                                               G D5
La la, la la la la la la la la la laaa laaa laaa

Solo 1 x 2

Solo 2

E | --10(b9)---12/11----13/12----15/14---
B | -------10-------12-------13-------15
G | ------------------------------------
D | ------------------------------------
A | ------------------------------------
E | ------------------------------------

(E5 G D5)2x

E5
Well, Americans:
E5
What, nothin' better to do?
E5
Why don't you kick yourself out?
E5                      G D5
You're an immigrant too.

E5
Who's usin' who?
E5
What should we do?
E5
Well you can't be a pimp
E5                   G D5
And a prostitute too

E5
Icky thump, handcuffed to a bunk
E5
Robbed blind
E5
Looked around
E5                        G D5
And there was nobody else

E5
Left alone
E5
I hit myself with a stone
E5
Went home
E5                                       G D5
And learned how to clean up after myself

Solo 2x


E5 (mute) G D5
(E5 G D5)5x

Solo 2x