Poison Ivy

The Lambrettas - Poison Ivy (Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller)

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[Intro]
Ab    Gb Ab    Gb Ab    Gb Ab

[Verse]
    Ab                   Gb Ab   
She comes on like a rose,      
                  Gb G Ab        
but everybody knows,        
                 Gb Ab
she'll get you in Dutch
Gb           Ab  N.C.
Why, you can look but you better not
 touch

[Chorus]
       Fm                 Cm
Poison iv-y-y-y-y, poison iv-y-y-y-y
        Fm                         
Late at night while you're 
         Bbm              
sleepin', poison ivy comes 
     Fm               Eb
a'creepin'  arou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ound

[Verse]
      Ab                Gb Ab    
She's pretty as a daisy,      but
                          Gb G Ab
 look out man she's crazy,       
                         Gb Ab
 she'll really do you in
Gb     Ab  N.C.
If you let her get under your skin

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[Chorus]
       Fm                 Cm
Poison iv-y-y-y-y, poison iv-y-y-y-y
        Fm                         
Late at night while you're 
         Bbm              
sleepin', poison ivy comes 
     Fm               Eb
a'creepin'  arou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ound

[Bridge]
     Db
That beat will make your jumpy and 
blues will make you lumpy
    Ab
The way it rocks will make you jump 
and twitch
    Db
The rhythm's gonna fool ya, the slow
 backbeat will cool ya
    Eb
But poison ivy lord will make you 
itch

[Verse]
       Ab                  Gb Ab 
You're gonna need an ocean,      
                   Gb G Ab       
of Calamine lotion,        you'll
                            Gb Ab
 be scratchin' like a hound
Gb    Ab N.C.
  The minute you start to mess 
around

[Chorus]
       Fm                 Cm
Poison iv-y-y-y-y, poison iv-y-y-y-y
        Fm                         
Late at night while you're 
         Bbm              
sleepin', poison ivy comes 
     Fm               Eb
a'creepin'  arou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ound

[Bridge]
     Db
That beat will make your jumpy and 
blues will make you lumpy
    Ab
The way it rocks will make you jump 
and twitch
    Db
The rhythm's gonna fool ya, the slow
 backbeat will cool ya
    Eb
But poison ivy lord will make you 
itch

[Verse]
       Ab                  Gb Ab 
You're gonna need an ocean,      
                   Gb G Ab       
of Calamine lotion,        you'll
                            Gb Ab
 be scratchin' like a hound
Gb    Ab N.C.
  The minute you start to mess 
around

[Chorus]
       Fm                 Cm
Poison iv-y-y-y-y, poison iv-y-y-y-y
        Fm                         
Late at night while you're 
         Bbm
sleepin', poison ivy comes 
a'creepin'
        Fm                         
Late at night while you're 
         Bbm
sleepin', poison ivy comes 
a'creepin'
        Fm                          
        Bbm                   Fm 
N.C.
Late at night while you're sleepin',
 poison ivy comes a'creepin'  around