Poison Ivy chords by The Rolling Stones

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: E

Difficulty: Novice

POISON IVY
As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1964 EP THE ROLLING STONES)

Intro:
E  D E x2

1st Verse:
E            D E
She comes on like a rose
          D E
And everybody knows
            D E
She'll get you in dutch
       N.C.
You can look but you'd better not touch

Chorus:
N.C.  C#m     G#m
Poison ivy, poison ivy
       C#m
Well late at night when you're sleeping
F#m               C#m
Poison ivy comes a creeping all around

2nd Verse:
E            D E
She's pretty as a daisy
               D E
But look out man she's crazy
            D E
She'll really do you in
      N.C.
If you let her get under your skin

Chorus:
N.C.  C#m     G#m
Poison ivy, poison ivy
       C#m
Well late at night when you're sleeping
F#m               C#m  B
Poison ivy comes a creeping all around

Bridge:
A
Measles make you bumpy and mumps'll make you lumpy
  E
And chicken pox'll make you jump and twitch
 A
A common cold'll cool you but whooping cough'll fool you
  B
But poison ivy's gonna make you itch

3rd Verse:
E             D E
You're gonna need an ocean
          D E
Of calamine lotion
                 D E
You'll be scratching like a hound
   N.C.
The minute you start to mess around

Chorus:
N.C.  C#m     G#m
Poison ivy, poison ivy
       C#m
Well late at night when you're sleeping
F#m               C#m  B
Poison ivy comes a creeping all around

Bridge:
A
Measles make you bumpy and mumps'll make you lumpy
  E
And chicken pox'll make you jump and twitch
 A
A common cold'll cool you but whooping cough'll fool you
  B
But poison ivy's gonna make you itch

4th Verse:
E             D E
You're gonna need an ocean
          D E
Of calamine lotion
                 D E
You'll be scratching like a hound
   N.C.
The minute you start to mess around

Chorus:
N.C.  C#m     G#m
Poison ivy, poison ivy
       C#m
Well late at night when you're sleeping
F#m               C#m  B
Poison ivy comes a creeping all around

Outro:
E      D E
La la la la
      D E
La la la la