Icky Thump Chords by The White Stripes
- Key: A
- BPM: 97
- Capo: no capo
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ICKY THUMP CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] E E7 E Em7 E E7 E ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] E Ah icky thump E Who'd a thunk E Sittin' drunk on a wagon to Mexico E Ah well E What a chump E Man my head got a bump E When I hit it on the radio E Redhead señorita E Lookin' dead E Came and said E Need a bed in Español E Said gimme a drink of water E I'm gonna sing around the collar E And I don't need a microphone [Inst] D A D A Em7 E Em7 G ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Em7 A7 Em7 A7 E E7 E E7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ E E7 E ■ ■ ■ [Verse] E Icky thump E With the lump in my throat E Grab my coat E And I was freaking E I was ready to go E Yeah I swear besides the hair E She had one white eye E One blank stare E Lookin' up lyin' there E On the stand near her hand E Was a candy cane E Black rum sugar cane E Dry ice something strange E La la la la la la la la la la [Inst] D A Em7 A7 Em7 A7 E A7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Em7 A7 E A7 E7 F7 D7 A7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ E7 B7 E7 E ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] E White Americans E What nothing better to do E Why don't you kick yourself out E You're an immigrant too E Who's usin' who E What should we do E Well you can't be a pimp Em7 And a prostitute too ■ E7 E ■ Icky thump E Handcuffed to a bunk E Robbed blind E Looked around E There was nobody else E Left alone E I hit myself with a stone E Went home E And learned how to clean up after myself [Inst] G D A A7 E7 A7 E7 A7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Em7 E Em7 G Em7 A7 G A7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Solo] E7 E Em7 E E7 E D A ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Em7 A7 Em7 A7 E G A7 Em7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ E7 E A7 E A7 A ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Outro] Em7 A Em7 E ■ ■ ■ ■ [End]