Love Potion Number Nine
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Love Potion Number Nine:The Clovers.
Top of the charts in 1959.
#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 on Thirty-Fourth and Vine,
Dm E Am
sellin' little bottles of, Love Potion Number Nine.
#2.
Am Dm
I told her that I was a flop with chicks.
Am Dm
I've been this way since nineteen-fifty-six.
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.'
Chorus:
Dm
She bent down and turned around and gave me a wink.
B
She said "I'm gonna mix it up right here in the sink."
Dm
It smelled like turpentine, it looked like India Ink..
E
I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink.
#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 a cop down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine..
Dm E Am
He broke my little bottle of, Love Potion Number Nine.
#4.
Am Dm
I didn't know if it was day or night.
Am Dm
I started kissin' everything in sight.
C Am
I had so much fun that I'm goin' back again..
Dm E Am
I wonder what happens with, Love Potion Number Ten?
OUTRO:
Dm Am Dm Am
Love Potion Number Nine...Love Potion Number Nine.
Dm Am B Am G Am
Love Potion Number Ni..i..i..i..ine.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
How to play Love Potion Number Nine
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