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                      Love Potion No. 9 – The Coasters
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Written by: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
The Coasters’ recording release in 1971

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

For easier chord voicings (less barre) transpose -1 and use a capo
1st fret to match the original key.

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[Intro] / [Int
[ Bb          
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|------------
B|------------
G|------------
D|6---6-----5-
A|------------
E|------------

erlude]
     Eb7 ]
4 +  1 + 2 + 3
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------
5-5-|------3-3
----|---------
----|---------

 + 4 +
-------|
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-5-3-5-|
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I found other 
[ Bb          
  1 + 2 + 3 + 
e|------------
B|9---9-----8-
G|10--10----8-
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

versions with 
     Eb7 ]
4 +  1 + 2 + 3
----|---------
8-8-|------6-6
8-8-|------6-6
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------

a more fleshed out intro riff (piano).
 + 4 +
-------|
-8-6-8-|
-8-6-8-|
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[Intro]
| N.C. | % | % | % |
(lick)

[Verse]
          
           I t

              
ook my trouble

          
s down to Mada

me Ruth
(Serve it up)
              
              

          
 You know that

              
 gypsy with th

  
e gold-capped 

tooth
(And drink it down)
            
She's got a st

              
orefront at Th

              
irty-Fourth an

  
d Vine

Selling little

 bottles of ..

.
             
 Love potion n

      |  |  |
umber nine
          (Serve it up)
             
 Love potion n

      |  |  |
umber nine
       (And drink it down)


[Verse]
          
           I t

              
old her that I

       
 was a flop wi

th chicks
(Serve it up)
              
              

          
 I've been tha

              
t way since ni

       
neteen sixty-s

ix
(And drink it down)
            
She looked at 

              
my palm and sh

              
e made a magic

 
 sign
    
She said, what

 you need is .

..
             
 Love potion n

      |  |  |
umber nine
          (Serve it up)
             
 Love potion n

      |  |  |
umber nine
       (And drink it down)


[Middle 8]
    
She bent down 

and turned aro

und and gave m

e a wink
    
She said, I'm 

gonna mix it u

p right here i

n the sink
   
It smelled lik

e turpentine a

nd looked like

 Indian ink
             
I held my nose

              
, I closed my 

      
eyes ... I too

k a drink


[Verse]
          
           I d

              
idn't know if 

       
it was day or 

night
(Serve it up)
              
              

          
 I started kis

          
sing everythin

g in sight
(And drink it down)
            
But when I kis

              
sed a cop down

              
 at Thirty-Fou

        
rth and Vine
    
He broke my li

ttle bottles o

f ...
             
 Love potion n

      |  |  |
umber nine
          (Serve it up)
             
 Love potion n

      |  |  |
umber nine
       (And drink it down)


[Interlude]
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[Outro]
       |  
Serve it up

|  |
            | 
And drink it d

 |  |
own
       |  
Serve it up

|  |
            | 
And drink it d

 |  |
own
(repeat and fade)