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 

instrumental: chords same as bridge; sing last line ("I held...") 
 
(repeat verse 3) 

outro: 
      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