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The wave of British rock groups that arrived on our shores during the 60's included the Searchers, a quartet from Liverpool. Their 1965 recording of this tune reached no. 3 on the charts and earned a gold record. The words and music to Love Potion No. 9, by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, is played in the Key of Em.
Messages from Jerry Leiber
Here's what I like to play:
Em A7 I took my troubles down to Madame Rue Em A7 You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth G She's got a pad down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine A7 B Em (A Bb B) Sellin' little bottles of Love Potion Number Nine Em A7 I told her that I was a flop with chics Em A7 I've been this way since 1956 G She looked at my palm and she made a magic sign A7 B Em She said "What you need is Love Potion Number Nine" A She bent down and turned around and gave me a wink F#m She said "I'm gonna make it up right here in the sink" A It smelled like turpentine, it looked like Indian ink B I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink Em A7 I didn't know if it was day or night Em A7 I started kissin' everything in sight G But when I kissed a cop down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine A7 B Em He broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine Here is the chord breakdown:
E/EGB I took my troubles down to
A/AC#A Madam Ruth.
E/EGB You know, that Gypsy with the
A/AC#A gold-capped tooth.
G/GBD She's got a store-front at Thirty Fourth and Vine,
A/AC#E Sellin' little bottles of
B/BD#B Love Potion No.
E/EGB Nine... repeat
A/AC#A She bent down and turned around and gave me a wink.
F#/F#AF# She said, "I'm gonna mix it up right here in the sink."
A/AC#A It smelled like turpentine and looked like India ink. I
B/BD#B held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink.
E/EGB I didn't know if it was
A/AC#A day or night,
E/EGB I started kissin' every
A/AC#A thing in sight. But
G/GBD when I kissed the cop down at Thirty Fourth and Vine, he
A/AC#E broke my little bottle of
B/BD# Love Potion Number
E/EGB Nine.
A/AC#A
Bb/BbDBb
B/BD#B
E/EGB
Key of Am
Am Dm
I took my troubles down to Madame Rue
Am Dm
You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth
C Am
She's got a pad down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
Dm E Am
Sellin' little bottles of Love Potion Number Nine
Am Dm
I told her that I was a flop with chics
Am Dm
I've been this way since 1956
C Am
She looked at my palm and she made a magic sign
Dm E Am
She said "What you need is Love Potion Number Nine"
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, it looked like Indian ink
E
I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink
Am Dm
I didn't know if it was day or night
Am Dm
I started kissin' everything in sight
C Am
But when I kissed a cop down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
Dm E Am
He broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine
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, it looked like Indian ink
E
I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink
Am Dm
I didn't know if it was day or night
Am Dm
I started kissin' everything in sight
C Am
But when I kissed a cop down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
Dm E Am
He broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine
Dm Am
Love Potion Number Nine 3x
Free Sheet Music for Love Potion #9
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