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Poison Ivy

by The Coasters · posted by WaltP

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Tab
POISON IVY
By: Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
The Coasters
Key: Ab

-1*   4   -4   4 -4 5-5*
She comes on like a rose 
-4  4   -4  4 -4  4 3*
but ev-‘ry-bod-y knows 
 -4 4  -4   4  -4  4 4*
She'll get you in Dutch 
-5*  -6  -5*  7*  -6  -5* -6  -5*-4-3*  3*
why, you can look but you bet-ter not touch 

 4  -5* -6-6 7*-66-6 
Poi-son Iv-y-y -y-y, 
-65  5  5  5-5*5-3*5
Poi-son Iv-y-y-y- y 
 -6  -6   -6    -6   -5*     -6 -5*
Late at night while you're sleep-in' 
 5   3*-3*-3* -3*   -3*  -2  -23*4
Poi-son i-vy comes creep-in' round 

-3*    4   -4 4 -4  4 -5*
She's pret-ty as a dai-sy 
-4    4  -4   4   -4    4  3*
but look out man she's cra-zy 
 -4      4  -4 4  -4  44*
She'll real-ly do you in 
-6 -5*  7* -6  -5* -6 -5* -4-3* 3* 
If you let her get un-der your skin 

 4  -5* -6-6 7*-66-6 
Poi-son Iv-y-y -y-y, 
-65  5  5  5-5*5-3*5
Poi-son Iv-y-y-y- y 
 -6  -6   -6    -6   -5*     -6 -5*
Late at night while you're sleep-in' 
 5   3*-3*-3* -3*   -3*  -2  -23*4
Poi-son i-vy comes creep-in' round 

-6  -5*  -6   6    -6   6   -6  7* 
Ah that beat will make you jump-y 
 6    -6    6   -6   6   -6  5*
And booze will make you lump-y 
-4   5  -5*  5    -4   5   -5*   5  -4    5
The way it rocks will make you jump and twitch 
 -5* -6    6   -6  6   -6  7*
That rhy-thm’s gon-na fool ya 
 6    -6    6   -6  6   -6  5*
That slow back beat to cool ya 
 5* -5* -5*-5*-5*  7    -5*  -5*  5*  -5*
But poi-son i-vy, Lord will make you itch

  -4    4  -4   4  -4 4  -5*
You're gon-na need an o-cean 
-4  4 -4   4  -5* 3* 
of cal-o-mine lo-tion 
  4    -4    4    -4   4  -4  4-5*
You'll be scratch-in' like a hound 
-5*  7*  7* -6   -5*  -5* 5  -3*-3*3*
The min-ute you start to mess a-round 

 4  -5* -6-6 7*-66-6 
Poi-son Iv-y-y -y-y, 
-65  5  5  5-5*5-3*5
Poi-son Iv-y-y-y- y 
 -6  -6   -6    -6   -5*     -6 -5*
Late at night while you're sleep-in' 
 5   3*-3*-3* -3*   -3*  -2  -23*4
Poi-son i-vy comes creep-in' round 

REPEAT
 


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