Love Potion Number Nine

I took my troubles down to Madame Ruth.
You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth.
She’s got a pad down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine,
Sellin’ little bottles of Love Potion Number Nine.

I told her that I was a flop with chicks.
I’ve been this way since 1956.
She looked at my palm and she made a magic sign.
She said “What you need is Love Potion Number Nine.”

She bent down and turned around and gave me a wink.
She said “I’m gonna make it up right here in the sink.”
It smelled like turpentine, it looked like India ink,
I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink.

I didn’t know if it was day or night.
I started kissin’ everything in sight.
But when I kissed a cop down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine,
He broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine.

I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink.

[Intro]
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(lick)
 
[Verse]
          Am7                        D7
           I took my troubles down to Madame Ruth
(Serve it up)
              Am7                          D7
               You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth
(And drink it down)
C                                          Am
She's got a storefront at Thirty-Fourth and Vine
D7
Selling little bottles of ...
E                   | Am7 | D7 |
 Love potion number nine
          (Serve it up)
E                   | Am7 | D7 |
 Love potion number nine
       (And drink it down)
 
 
[Verse]
          Am7                     D7
           I told her that I was a flop with chicks
(Serve it up)
              Am7                               D7
               I've been that way since nineteen sixty-six
(And drink it down)
    C                                     Am
She looked at my palm and she made a magic sign
    D7
She said, what you need is ...
E                   | Am7 | D7 |
 Love potion number nine
          (Serve it up)
E                   | Am7 | D7 |
 Love potion number nine
       (And drink it down)
 
 
[Middle 8]
    D7
She bent down and turned around and gave me a wink
    Bm
She said, I'm gonna mix it up right here in the sink
   Dm
It smelled like turpentine and looked like Indian ink
  E                              E E
I held my nose, I closed my eyes ... I took a drink
 
 
[Verse]
          Am7                     D7
           I didn't know if it was day or night
(Serve it up)
              Am7                    D7
               I started kissing everything in sight
(And drink it down)
    C                                            Am
But when I kissed a cop down at Thirty-Fourth and Vine
    D7
He broke my little bottles of ...
E                   | Am7 | D7 |
 Love potion number nine
          (Serve it up)
E                   | Am7 | D7 |
 Love potion number nine
       (And drink it down)
 
 
[Interlude]
| Am7 | D7 | Am7 | D7 |
| Am7 | D7 | Am7 | D7 |
 
 
[Outro]
       | Am7 | D7 |
Serve it up
            | Am7 | D7 |
And drink it down
       | Am7 | D7 |
Serve it up
            | Am7 | D7 |
And drink it down
(repeat and fade)