Verse 1:

      Am                          Dm
      I took my troubles down to Madame Ruth
      Am                            Dm
      You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth
        C                                 Am
      She's got a pad down at 34th and Vine
        Dm
      Sellin' little bottles of
        E                   Am
      Love Potion Number Nine


Verse 2:

      I told her that I was a flop with chicks
      I'd been this way since 1956
      She looked at my palm and she made a magic sign
      She said "What you need is
      Love Potion Number Nine"


Bridge:

             Dm
      She bent down and turned around and gave me a wink
             B7
      She said "I'm gonna make it up right here in the sink"
            Dm
      It smelled like turpentine and looked like India ink
           E
      I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink


Verse 3:

      I didn't know if it was day or night
      I started kissin' everything in sight
      But when I kissed the cop down at 34th and Vine
      He broke my little bottle of
      Love Potion Number Nine


[repeat bridge, first three lines instrumentally]

[repeat verse 3]

Coda:

      Dm                  Am
      Love Potion Number Nine
      Dm                  Am
      Love Potion Number Nine
      Dm                  A   B   A   G    Am
         [hold]           --single notes--
      Love Potion Number Nine


Notes:

      1) on the first verse, slide chromatically to the Am and Dm
      2) this is the Searchers' version; the Clovers' original used
         somewhat different chord changes (and had a final verse about
         "Love Potion Number Ten")


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers