This file is part of a collection that (moreso than the rest of the site) are not meant to be detailed or accurate transcriptions of the original recordings. They're just some simple chord charts that I made for my own use, some of them my own arrangements.
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"LOVE POTION NUMBER NINE" by The Clovers
Single released July 1959, title track of 1960 album
Written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller
Transcribed by T-rev www.t-rev.net
Am D
I took my troubles down to Madame Ruth
Am D
You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth
C
She's got a pad down on 34th and Vine
D E Am
Selling little bottles of love potion number nine
Am D
I told her that I was a flop with chicks
Am D
I've been this way since 1956
C
She looked at my palm and she made a magic sign
D E Am
She said what you need is love potion number nine
CHORUS:
D
She bent down and turned around and gave me a wink
Bm
She said I'm gonna make it up right here in the sink
D
It smelled like turpentine it looked like India ink
E
I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink
Am D
I didn't know it was a day or night
Am D
I started kissing everything in sight
C
But when I kissed a cop at 34th and Vine
D E Am
He broke my little bottle of love potion number nine
SOLO CHORUS: D Bm D
E
I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink
Am D
I didn't know it was a day or night
Am D
I started kissing everything in sight
C
I had so much fun that I'm going back again
D E Am D
I wonder what'll happen with love potion number ten
Am D
Love potion number nine
Love potion number nine
Love potion number nine
Transcribed 2023-03-19 by T-rev
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x02210 Am
xx0232 D
x32010 C
022100 E
x24432 Bm
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