Ice Cream Man

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−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
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Tab

Written by John Brim, also performed by Tom Waits, David Lee Roth, Van Halen, Martin Sexton


Verse: 
   5    5   -4    5
Clicked by your house

-4 -3  -3” -3” -3” -3 
A-bout two for-ty-five

 5  -4   5   5   -4  -3
With a side-walk sun-dae

 -3   -3  -3  3   -3”
Straw-ber-ry sur-prise

2  2  2   2  2   2  -2 -2 
I got a cher-ry pop-si-cle

 -3”  -3” -3”
Right on time

-3” -3” -3” -3   -3    -3  -3
 I  got  a  big stick, Mam-ma

 -3   -3  -3   -3   -3
That-'ll blow your mind



Chorus:
   5    5   5    5    6    5
'Cause I'm your ice cream man

 5    5 -4  5  -4   -3
Yes, I'm a one-man band

 5   5    6    5   5     
I'm your ice cream man 

 5  5    -3 -3”  -3  3   2
Hon-ey, I'll be good to you


Bridge:
5   5     6    6  6   6  5   5
If you, missed me in the al-ley 

-3 -3   -3    -4
Ba-by, don't fret

 5   5   6   6   6   6   5
I’ll be com-ing back a-round 

-3   -3   -3  -4
And don't for-get 

 6     6      5    5    5     6  5
When you're tired and you're hun-gry

-3”   -3”  -3”   -3” 
Want some-thin’ cool

-3”  -3” -3” -3  -3   -3   -3  -3
You know I  got some-thing bet-ter 

 -3 -3  -3  -3   -3
Than a swim-ming pool


Chorus:
'Cause I'm your ice cream man,
And I'm a one-man band
And I'm your ice cream man, Honey,
And I'll be good to you.

Chorus:
'Cause I'm your ice cream man,
And I'm a one-man band
And I'm the ice cream man, Honey,
And I'll be good to you.


 5    5   5   6  6   5   5
Well, if you see me com-ing 

  5     6  6    5   
You’ve got no change

  6    6  6   5 5
Don't wor-ry, Ba-by 

3   2  3   3  -3” 
It can be ar-ranged

 2   2   2   2    3    2 2 
Show me you can smile, Ba-by

 -3” -3” -3”
Just for me

-3   -3” -3  -3   -3 -3  -3   -3
And I'll fix you with a drum-stick 

-3   -3  -3 -3 -3   -3
And I'll do it for free


Chorus:
'Cause I'm your ice cream man 
And I'm a one-man band
And I'm your ice cream man, Honey 
And I'll be good to you 
Be good to you be good to you 

Good to you, Baby, good to you
baby, good to you, baby, good to you 
baby, good to you, baby, good to you 
I'll be good to you 
I'll be good to you 
I'll be good to you

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