Poison Ivy(Chords)

	        Intro: E   D  E (x2) 

Verse 1:
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 

 
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 


Verse 2:
 
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 


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 

Verse 3:
 
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 

 
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 

Verse 4:
 
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 

 
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
	        

Written by Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller