Love Potion Number Nine (diatonic)

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: 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)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

8  8   8   8    8   8   8  -8 -6   7   
I took my troubles down to Madame Ruth,

 8    8    8   8 8    8   8   -8   -6      7
you know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth.

 6    -6  6  7   -8  7   8 -8    7     6  -6
She's got a pad down on thirty-fourth and vine,

-6 -6    7 -6   7  -6  7   8   -8  7  -6  6   -6
Selling little bottles of Love Potion Number Nine.

8  8    8    8  8  8  8  -8   -6    7
I told her that I was a flop with chicks,

 8    8     8   8    8    8   8   -8 -6  7
I've been this way since nineteen fifty six,

-6    6    -6 6   7   -8   7   8  -8  7 6  -6
she looked at my palm and she made a magic sign,

 6   -6     7  -6   7   -8   8  -8  7  -6  6  -6
She said "What you need is Love Potion Number Nine."

 7  -8    -8   7   -8    7 -8   -8   -8  7 -6 -7
She bent down and turned around and gave me a wink,

 7   -8   -8  -8  7  -8  7  -8   7    -8   7 -6   -8    
She said "I'm gonna make it up right here in the sink."

7    -8    -8   -8  7 -8    7   -8     7  -8 7-6  -8   
It smelled like turpentine, it looked like Indian ink.

8  8   8   8    8   8    8   8    8  8   8   8
I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink.

8  8  8    8  8  8   8  -8  -6   7
I didn't know if it was day or night,

8   8  8   8  8    8  8 -8   -6   7
I started kissing everything in sight,

-6    6  6   -6   6  7   -8  7   8 -8    7     6  -6
but when I kissed a cop down on thirty-fourth and vine,

-6   6   6  -6  6   7  7  -8  8   -8  7  -6  6  -6  
he broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine.

8  8   8   8    8   8    8   8    8  8   8   8
I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink.

8  8 8     8   8  8  8  -8 -6   7
I didn't know if it was day or night,

8  8  8    8  8   8  8  -8  -6   7
I started kissing everything in sight,

-6   6   6   -6   6  7  -8   7   8 -8    7     6  -6
but when I kissed a cop down on thirty-fourth and vine,

-6   6   6  -6  6   7  7  -8  8    -8 7  -6  6   -6
he broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine.

 8   -8  7  -6  6   -6 -7 -6 6 -6
Love Potion Number Nine - - - - -

 8   -8  7  -6  6   -6 -7 -6 6 -6
Love Potion Number Nine - - - - -

 8   -8  7  -6  6   -6 -7 -6 6 -6
Love Potion Number Nine - - - - -

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