Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:50:27 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: ./s/searchers/love_potion_no_9.crd
«Love Potion Number Nine»
(Leiber/Stoller)
Verse 1:
Am Dm
I took my troubles down to Madame Ruth
Am Dm
You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth
C Am
She’s got a pad down at 34th and Vine
Dm
Sellin’ little bottles of
E Am
Love Potion Number Nine
Verse 2:
I told her that I was a flop with chicks
I’d been this way since 1956
She looked at my palm and she made a magic sign
She said «What you need is
Love Potion Number Nine»
Bridge:
Dm
She bent down and turned around and gave me a wink
B7
She said «I’m gonna make it up right here in the sink»
Dm
It smelled like turpentine and looked like India ink
E
I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink
Verse 3:
I didn’t know if it was day or night
I started kissin’ everything in sight
But when I kissed the cop down at 34th and Vine
He broke my little bottle of
Love Potion Number Nine
[repeat bridge, first three lines instrumentally]
[repeat verse 3]
Coda:
Dm Am
Love Potion Number Nine
Dm Am
Love Potion Number Nine
Dm A B A G Am
[hold] —single notes—
Love Potion Number Nine
Notes:
1) on the first verse, slide chromatically to the Am and Dm
2) this is the Searchers’ version; the Clovers’ original used
somewhat different chord changes (and had a final verse about
«Love Potion Number Ten»)
— another ace 60’s tab from Andrew Rogers
