Love Potion Number Nine
Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller, 1959

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                        E                    Am
Sellin' little bottles of   Love Potion Number Nine

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                      E                    Am
She said, "What you need is   Love Potion Number Nine"

    Dm
She bent down and turned around and gave me a wink
    B7
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

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                        E                    Am
He broke my little bottle of   Love Potion Number Nine


[repeat bridge, mute first three lines]

[repeat verse 3]

Dm                   Am
  Love Potion Number Nine
Dm                   Am
  Love Potion Number Nine
Dm (hold)            A   B   A   G (notes)   Am
  Love Potion Number Nine


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")