Icky Thump

[Chords]: 0        3       0         2 0        0       2         3 0        0       2         2 2        0       2         0 2        2       0         x 0        3       x         x ************************************ [Verse 1] Ah icky thump Who’da thunk? Sitting drunk on a wagon to Mexico     Ahh well What a chump Well my head got a bump When I hit it on the radio     Redhead señorita Looking dead Came and said Need a bed In Español      I said Gimme a drink of water I’m gonna sing around the collar 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~~~~-----------------| Minor (4 beats) Minor (3 Beats) [Verse 2] Icky Thump With a lump in my throat Grabbed my coat And I was freaking I was ready to go!    And I swear Besides the hair She had one white eye One blank stare Looking up Lying there On the stand Near her hand Was a candy cane Black rum sugar cane Dry ice and something strange La la la la la la la La la la la la la la   [Chorus Repeats] [Verse 3] White Americans what Nothing better to do Why don’t you kick yourself out You’re an immigrant too Who’s using who What should we do? Well you can’t be a pimp And a prostitute too   [Chorus Repeats] Icky thump Handcuffed to a bunk Robbed blind Looked around And there was nobody else Left alone I hit myself with a stone Went home and learned how To clean up after myself [Chorus Repeats] (Notes: Strum the 1st pattern (Downstrokes on 1 2 3 4) then the 2nd one alternating between them. The second Pattern will always be at the end of the verse. When playing the G A chord section i sometimes alternate between the order of these two chords which is shown  in the Chord arrangement near the bottom. This arrangement has a country feel to it especially comparing to the original. The Dynamics can be changed  when strumming the E minor chord to build tension for example while playing this song i may fully hold the notes of the E minor chord throughout an entire 2 bars Or i may strum and loosen my grip on the fretboard to give it more of a "stacotto" feel. The Chords at the end of each verse will release the Tension built by your E minor Chord throughout the Verse When playing the section labeled "Chorus" I like to try and sustain the bass note of the E because the melody feels thin by itself. I based this arrangement off of the assumption that the melody is using an A mixolydian Scale which implies the song is in the Key of D although when looking at the chords and scales in the original it seems like he may have written the song in the Key of A and used a Flat 7th in the melody. The reason that i wrote it in the Key of was because in the Key of there’s major 5th ( Major Chord) and the original arrangment emphasizes Minor with the Power Chord that is palm muted giving it more of an Minor feel. This was my only did it sound better to me it’s much easier to play that way and makes the song feel like it’s shifted into the Key of A for a brief moment!) This is my First Tab I’ve ever submitted I know the formatting is bad but I wanted to share my arrangement! ************************************ | /  Slide up | ~  Vibrato           ************************************