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Version 1 Version 2"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] Am Dm I told her that I was a flop with chicks Am Dm I'd been this way since 1956 C Am She looked at my palm and she made a magic sign Dm She said "What you need is E Am 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] 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 the cop down at 34th and Vine Dm He broke my little bottle of E Am Love Potion Number Nine [Bridge] Dm B7 Dm E I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink [Verse 4] 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 the cop down at 34th and Vine Dm He broke my little bottle of E Am Love Potion Number Nine [Coda] Dm Am Love Potion Number Nine Dm Am Love Potion Number Nine Dm N.C. Am Love Potion Number Ni-i-i-i--ine (single notes: A B A G) Am 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