Tom: D
 
        D                 D - C - D                     D - C - D
1. She comes on like a rose,       but ev'rybody knows,
       /              D - C - D                                  Bm
  she'll get you in dutch,  you can look but you'd better not touch.
 

 - -Bm            F#m
Poison ivy, poison ivy,
       Bm
late at night while you're sleeping, 
    Em                             Bm-A
poison ivy comes a-creepin all arou..nd.
 

         D                D - C - D                                 D - C - D
2. She's pretty as a daisy,         but look out man, she's crazy,
                   D - C - D                                  Bm
she'll really do you in,   if you let her get under your skin. + CHORUS
 

        G
    Measles make you bumby, and Mumps'll make you lumpy,
               D
    and Chicken Pox'll make you jump and twitch.
         G
    A common Cold'll fool ya, and Whoopin Cough can cool ya,
         A
    before the night it sure will make you itch.
 

                 D           D - C - D               D - C - D
3. You're gonna need an ocean,     of calamine lotion,
                                 D - C - D
    you'll be scratching like a hound, 
                                                    Bm
    the minute you start to mess around.  + CHORUS  
 G - D - G     A
4.             before the night it sure will make you itch.
 
repeat 3.  + CHORUS
 
(capo 1st)