Love potion #9 - The Clovers
Verse 1:
[Am] I took my troubles down to [Dm]] Madame Ruth
[Am] You know that gypsy with the [Dm] gold‐capped tooth
[C] She's got a pad down at [Am] 34th and Vine
[Dm] Sellin' little bottles of
[E7] Love Potion Number [Am] Nine
Verse 2:
[Am] I told her that I was a [Dm] flop with chicks
[Am] I'd been this way since [Dm] 1956
She [C] looked at my palm and she [Am] made a magic sign
She [Dm] said "What you need is
[E7] Love Potion Number [Am] Nine"
|Chorus:
|[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....[NC] I took a drink
Verse 3:
[Am] I didn't know if it was [Dm] day or night
[Am] I started kissin' every[Dm]thing in sight
But [C] when I kissed the cop down at [Am] 34th and Vine
He [Dm] broke my little bottle of
[E7] Love Potion Number [Am] Nine
|Chorus:
|[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....[NC] I took a drink
Verse 3:
[Am] I didn't know if it was [Dm] day or night
[Am] I started kissin' every[Dm]thing in sight
I [C] had so much fun I'm [Am] going back again
I [Dm] wonder what happened with [E7] love potion number [Am] ten
Outro:
[E7] Love Potion Number [Am] Nine
[E7] Love Potion Number [Am] Nine
[E7] Love Potion Number [Am] Nine