She (Ab)come on like a rose, sy,
and (Ab)ev ’ry bod y knows zy.
she’ll (Ab)real get you in dutch.
Why, (Ab)you can (CN.C.)look, let her but get you’d bet un ter der not your touch.
Poi son (Fm)I vy,
Poi son (Cm)I vy.
Late at night while you’re sleep in’, Poi son (Bbm)I vy comes creep in’ (Fm)’round.
She’s (Ab)pret ty as a dai sy,
but (Ab)look out, man, she’s cra zy.
She’ll (Ab)real ly do you in
Why, (Ab)if you (CN.C.)look, let her but get you’d bet un ter der not your skin.
Poi son (Fm)I vy,
Poi son (Cm)I vy.
Late at night while you’re sleep in’, Poi son (Bbm)I vy comes creep in’ (Fm)’round.
She’s
Ah, that (Db)beat will make you jump y and booze will make you lump y.
The (Ab)way it rocks will make you jump and twitch.
That (Db)rhy thm’s gon na fool ya, that slow back beat can cool ya.
But (Eb)Poi son (CN.C.)I vy, Lord, will make you itch.
You’re (Ab)gon na need an o cean
of (Ab)cal a mine lo tion.
(G)You’ll be (Ab)scratch in’ like a hound
the (Ab)min ute (CN.C.)you start to mess a round.
Poi son (Fm)I vy,
Poi son (Cm)I vy.
Late at night while you’re sleep in’, Poi son (Bbm)I vy comes creep in’.
Late at (Fm)night while you’re sleep in’, Poi son (Bb)I vy comes creep in’.
Late at (Fm)night while you’re sleep in’, Poi son (Bb)I vy comes creep in’ a (Fm)round.
This page shows “Poison Ivy” by The Lambrettas in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Db at 120 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.