This is a tab of Grinspoons rendition of The Drugs Dont Work, originally
written by The Verve.
It features on triple J's Like a Version CD.

Chords:

C     G   Cadd2/B  Am  Asus2   Em    F

-0-   -3-   -0-    -0-   -0-   -0-   -1-
-1-   -3-   -1-    -1-   -0-   -0-   -1-
-0-   -0-   -0-    -2-   -2-   -0-   -2-
-2-   -0-   -0-    -2-   -2-   -2-   -3-
-3-   -2-   -2-    -0-   -0-   -2-   -3-
---   -3-   ---    ---   ---   -0-   -1-


INTRO*

C	G	C	G	C	G	C	C


VERSE

	 C		 G	C
All this talk of getting old

     Cadd2/B	 Am		Asus2	Am
It's getting me down my love

       		Em		F
Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown

     G	       C	        G	C	G
This time I'm coming down

      C			   C		C
And I hope you're thinking of me

   Cadd2/B	Am		Asus2	Am
As you lay down on your side


CHORUS

	Am	        Em
Now the drugs don't work

	  		F
They just make you worse

      G			 C		G	C
But I know I'll see your face again

			Em
Now the drugs don't work

			F
They just make you worse

      G			 C		G	C	G
But I know I'll see your face again


VERSE 2

      C
But I know I'm on a losing streak

   Cadd2/B	 Am		Asus2	Am
As I passed down my old street

		 Em			F
And if you wanna show, then just let me know

	 G	       C	G	C
And I'll sing in your ear again


CHORUS

			Em
Now the drugs don't work

			F
They just make you worse

      G			 C		G	C
But I know I'll see your face again


BRIDGE

	   F		G
Cause baby ooooooooooooooooooh

	  Am		   G
If heaven falls, im coming too

	      F		G
just like you saaaaaaaaiiiiid

	     Am			   G**
you leave my life, I'm better off dead


VERSE 3

	 C		 G	C
All this talk of getting old

     Cadd2/B	 Am		Asus2	Am
It's getting me down my love

       		Em		F
Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown

     G	       C	        G	C
This time I'm coming down


CHORUS

			Em
Now the drugs don't work

			F
They just make you worse

      G			 C		G	C
But I know I'll see your face again

       G		 C		G	C
Yeah I know ill see your face again

       G		 C		G	C
Yeah I know ill see your face again

       G		 C		G	C
Yeah I know ill see your face again


* During the intro the chords are played with a
small hammer on / pull off type tremelo thing:

-----0--0-0-0----3-----------0---------|
-----1--1-1-1----3-----------1---------|
-----0--0-0-0----0-----------0---------|
-----2--2-2-2----0-----------2---etc.--|
--3--------------2--2h3p2h3------------|
---------------3-----------------------|

** After the bridge there is a small hammer on bit:

-----3---------------|
-----3---------------|
-----0---------------|
-----0------0h2p0----|
-----2--0h2----------|
--3---------------3--|
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