Love Potion Number Nine

by The Searchers · posted by chibluesteve

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

in C Tenor

-8 -8  -8  -8  -8   -8  -8 -7  6   7 
I took my troubles down to Madame Ruth
-8   -8   -8  -8 -8  -8  -8   -7    6      7
You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth
 -5    6 -5  7   -7  7  -8 -7    7    -5   6  
She's got a pad down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
 6  7    7  6   7  7   -7  -8  -7  7   6 -5   6  
Sellin' little bottles of Love Potion Number Nine

-8 -8  -8   -8 -8 -8 -8  -7   6     7
I told her that I was a flop with chicks
-8   -8   -8  -8   -8    -8 -8   -7 6   7
I'd been this way since nineteen fifty six
-5    -5   6  -5  7   -7   7   -8 -7  7 -5  6
She looked at my palm and she made a magic sign
-5   6     7    6   7   -7  -8  -7  7   6 -5   6
She said "What you need is Love Potion Number Nine"

 7   -7   -7   7    -7    7 -7   7   -7  7  6  -7
She bent down and turned around and gave me a wink
 6  <-6    6  <-6 6 <-6 6 <-6   6   <-6  6  <5  <-6
She said "I'm gonna mix it up right here in the sink"
<7    -7    7   -7  7  -7   7    -7    7   -7 7 6 -7
It smelled like turpentine and looked like India- Ink
-8 -8  -8  -8  -8   -8   -8  -8  -4  -4 -4  -4
I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink

-8 -8 -8  -8  -8 -8 -8  -7  6    7
I didn't know if it was day or night
-8 -8 -8  -8 -8   -8  -8 -7  6    7
I started kissin' everything in sight
 6   -5 -5   6   -5  7   -7  7  -8 -7    7    -5   6
But when I kissed a cop down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
-5   6   7   7  6   7  7  -7  -8  -7  7   6 -5   6
He broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine

-8 -8  -8  -8  -8   -8   -8  -8  -4  -4 -4  -4
I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink

-8 -8 -8  -8  -8 -8 -8  -7  6    7
I didn't know if it was day or night
-8 -8 -8  -8 -8   -8  -8 -7  6    7
I started kissin' everything in sight
 6   -5 -5   6   -5  7   -7  7  -8 -7    7    -5   6
But when I kissed a cop down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
-5   6   7   7  6   7  7  -7  -8  -7  7   6 -5   6
He broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine
 -8  -7  7   6 -5   6 7 6 -5 6
Love Potion Number Nine-------
 -8  -7  7   6 -5   6 7 6 -5 6
Love Potion Number Nine-------
 -8  -7  7   6 -5   6 7 6 -5 6
Love Potion Number Nine-------

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