Poison by Alice Cooper | Lyrics with Guitar Chords

Poison was written by in-demand songwriter Desmond Child and became one of Cooper’s biggest hits. Desmond Child has written hit songs for Jon Bon Jovi and Aerosmith amongst others. The main riff was used earlier in a song for John Waite, who wrote the hit song “Missing You.”

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Key of the Song:

The original key of Poison by Alice Cooper is in Bb major – G Minor.

Guitar Chords for Poison by Alice Cooper

Take note that these are just the chords of the song and there’s no tab for the riff. However, if you can hear the rhythm and sound of the arpeggio figure, then all you have to do is apply it to every chord as you go through the song. Some parts will need to be arpeggiated while others just need a simple strumming pattern.

Video Lesson

Poison by Alice Cooper – Lyrics with Chords

[Verse]
 
Em           C       G           D
  Your cruel, device, Your blood, like ice
Am         F           C      E
  One look, could kill, my pain, your thrill
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Am        F              C          G
  I wanna love you but I better not touch
Dm        Bb              F      C          Bm
  I wanna hold you but my senses tell me to stop
        G              D           A
I wanna kiss you but I want it too much
Em        C                  G        D        Em   C  G   D
  I wanna taste you but your lips are venomous poison
       Em     C       G          D            Em   C   G   D
You're poison running through my veins you're poison
Em      C     G           D
I don't wanna break these chains
 
 
[Verse]
 
Em           C       G         D
  Your mouth, so hot, your web, I'm caught
Am          F       C         E
  Your skin, so wet, Black lace on sweat
Am           F                C           G
  I hear you calling and it's needles and pins
Dm        Bb               F        C            Bm
  I wanna hurt you just to hear you screaming my name
 
 
[Chorus]
 
            G                    D        A
Don't wanna touch you but you're under my skin
Em        C                 G        D        Em   C  G   D
  I wanna kiss you but your lips are venomous poison
       Em     C       G          D            Em   C   G   D
You're poison running through my veins you're poison
Em      C     G           D
I don't wanna break these chains you're poison
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
Em C  G D (play first four single stroke)     (This is just how I like to
Am F  C E (start to build)                     play the instrumental in my
Am F  C G (These chords same as chorus         acoustic version but change it
Dm Dm F C  but jam it out)                     up if you'd prefer)
Bm G  D A
Em C  G D (repeat twice more)
 
 
[Interlude]
 
Am         F           C      E
  One look, could kill, my pain, your thrill
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Am        F              C          G
  I wanna love you but I better not touch
Dm        Bb              F      C          Bm
  I wanna hold you but my senses tell me to stop
        G              D           A
I wanna kiss you but I want it too much
Em        C                  G        D        Em   C  G   D
  I wanna taste you but your lips are venomous poison
       Em     C       G          D            Em   C   G   D
You're poison running through my veins you're poison
Em      C     G           D
I don't wanna break these chains...  POISON!!
 
Am        F              C          G
  I wanna love you but I better not touch
Dm        Bb              F      C          Bm
  I wanna hold you but my senses tell me to stop
        G              D           A
I wanna kiss you but I want it too much
Em        C                  G        D        Em   C  G   D
  I wanna taste you but your lips are venomous poison
       Em     C       G          D            Em   C   G   D
You're poison running through my veins you're poison
Em      C     G           D
I don't wanna break these chains....
 
Em  C   G   D (Try n chill the song out but still picking heavily)
 
Em      C     G           D              (even more chilled for the final
I don't wanna break these chains....      line and end with single strum 
                                          on the D)