Love Potion Number Nine

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                      Love Potion 
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  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] / [Interlude]
[ Bb               Eb7 ]
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

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B|----------------|--------------
G|----------------|--------------
D|6---6-----5-5-5-|------3-3-5-3-
A|----------------|--------------
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E|--| 
B|--| 
G|--| 
D|5-| 
A|--| 
E|--| 

I found other versions with a more 
fleshed out intro riff (piano).
[ Bb               Eb7 ]
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

E|----------------|--------------
B|9---9-----8-8-8-|------6-6-8-6-
G|10--10----8-8-8-|------6-6-8-6-
D|----------------|--------------
A|----------------|--------------
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E|--| 
B|8-| 
G|8-| 
D|--| 
A|--| 
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[Intro]
| N.C. | % | % | % |
(lick)

[Verse]
          Bbm7                     
           I took my troubles down 
   Eb7
to Madame Ruth
(Serve it up)
              Bbm7                 
               You know that gypsy 
         Eb7
with the gold-capped tooth
(And drink it down)
Db                      
She's got a storefront at 
                    Bbm
Thirty-Fourth and Vine
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Eb7
Selling little bottles of ...
F                   | Bbm7 | Eb7 |
 Love potion number nine
          (Serve it up)
F                   | Bbm7 | Eb7 |
 Love potion number nine
       (And drink it down)


[Verse]
          Bbm7                     
           I told her that I was a 
Eb7
flop with chicks
(Serve it up)
              Bbm7               
               I've been that way 
                Eb7
since nineteen sixty-six
(And drink it down)
    Db                             
She looked at my palm and she made 
        Bbm
a magic sign
    Eb7
She said, what you need is ...
F                   | Bbm7 | Eb7 |
 Love potion number nine
          (Serve it up)
F                   | Bbm7 | Eb7 |
 Love potion number nine
       (And drink it down)


[Middle 8]
    Eb7
She bent down and turned around and 
gave me a wink
    Cm
She said, I'm gonna mix it up right 
here in the sink
   Ebm
It smelled like turpentine and 
looked like Indian ink
  F                              F 
I held my nose, I closed my eyes ...
F
 I took a drink


[Verse]
          Bbm7                     
           I didn't know if it was 
Eb7
day or night
(Serve it up)
              Bbm7              
               I started kissing 
      Eb7
everything in sight
(And drink it down)
    Db                         
But when I kissed a cop down at 
                   Bbm
Thirty-Fourth and Vine
    Eb7
He broke my little bottles of ...
F                   | Bbm7 | Eb7 |
 Love potion number nine
          (Serve it up)
F                   | Bbm7 | Eb7 |
 Love potion number nine
       (And drink it down)


[Interlude]
| Bbm7 | Eb7 | Bbm7 | Eb7 |
| Bbm7 | Eb7 | Bbm7 | Eb7 |


[Otro]
       | Bbm7 | Eb7 |
Serve it up
            | Bbm7 | Eb7 |
And drink it down
       | Bbm7 | Eb7 |
Serve it up
            | Bbm7 | Eb7 |
And drink it down
(repeat and fade)