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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] / [Interlude]
[ Bb               Eb7 ]
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|6---6-----5-5-5-|------3-3-5-3-5-|
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-|------6-6-8-6-8-|
G|10--10----8-8-8-|------6-6-8-6-8-|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|

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[Intro]
| N.C. | % | % | % |
(lick)

[Verse]
          Bbm7                        Eb7
           I took my troubles down to Madame Ruth
(Serve it up)
              Bbm7                          Eb7
               You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth
(And drink it down)
Db                                          Bbm
She's got a storefront at Thirty-Fourth and Vine
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                     Eb7
           I told her that I was a flop with chicks
(Serve it up)
              Bbm7                               Eb7
               I've been that way since nineteen sixty-six
(And drink it down)
    Db                                     Bbm
She looked at my palm and she made 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 F
I held my nose, I closed my eyes ... I took a drink


[Verse]
          Bbm7                     Eb7
           I didn't know if it was day or night
(Serve it up)
              Bbm7                    Eb7
               I started kissing everything in sight
(And drink it down)
    Db                                            Bbm
But when I kissed a cop down at 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 |


[Outro]
       | 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)