Icky Thump Chords & Lyrics Artist: The White Stripes

VERSE 1
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Ah, icky thump
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Who'da thunk?
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Sitting drunk on a wagon to Mexico
 
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Ahh well
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What a chump
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Well my head got a bump
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When I hit it on the radio
 
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Redhead señorita
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Looking dead
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Came and said
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Need a bed
E           G  A
In Español
 
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I said
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Gimme a drink of water
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I'm gonna sing around the collar
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And I don't need a microphone
 
CHORUS (arranged for open Chord position)
e|-0-----------------------0-----------------------2--0--------------------0--------------2--4--2/4-|
B|-0-----------------------2------------3-2--------0--0--------------------2--------------3--5--3/5-|
G|-0--2-0------------------2---2-0---------2-------0--0-2-0----------------2-----2-0------2--4--2/4-|
D|-2------4-0--0-----------2-------4-0-------------0--2-----4-0--0---------2---------4-0--0---------|
A|-2-------------4-0-------0-----------------------2--2------------4-0-----0------------------------|
E|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---0-----0~~~~~~~----------0--3--0~~~~~~~~~~-------0-----0~~~~-----------------|
 
E Minor (4 beats) E Minor (3 Beats) G E
 
 
VERSE 2
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Icky Thump
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With a lump in my throat
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Grabbed my coat
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And I was freaking
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I was ready to go!
 
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And I swear
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Besides the hair
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She had one white eye
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One blank stare
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Looking up
    G   A
Lying there
 
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On the stand
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Near her hand
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Was a candy cane
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Black rum, sugar cane
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Dry ice and something strange
 
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La la la la la la la
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La la la la la la la
 
 
[Chorus Repeats]
 
 
VERSE 3
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White Americans, what
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Nothing better to do
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Why don't you kick yourself out
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You're an immigrant too
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Who's using who
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What should we do?
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Well, you can't be a pimp
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And a prostitute too
 
 
[Chorus Repeats]
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Icky thump
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Handcuffed to a bunk
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Robbed blind
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Looked around
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And there was nobody else
 
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Left alone
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I hit myself with a stone
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Went home and learned how
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To clean up after myself
 
 
[Chorus Repeats]