Biography:
Originally founded as a skiffle group in Liverpool in 1959 by John McNally and Mike Pender (Mike Prendergast), the band took their name from the classic 1956 John Wayne western The Searchers. Prendergast claims that the name was his idea, but McNally ascribes it to 'Big Ron' Woodbridge, their first lead singer. The issue remains unresolved.
The band grew out of an earlier skiffle group formed by McNally, with his friends Brian Dolan (guitar) and Tony West (bass).
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Other songs:
- Love Potion No. 9
- When You Walk In That Room
- Aint Gonna Kiss Ya
- Aint That Just Like Me
- All My Sorrows
- Be My Baby
- Bumble Bee
- Cherrystone
- Dont Cha Know
- Dont Throw Your Love Away
- Everybody Come And Clap Your Hands
- Farmer John
- Glad All Over
- Gonna Send You Back To Georgia
- Goodbye My Love
- Have You Ever Loved
- Hearts In Her Eyes
- Hes Got No Love
- Hungry For Love
- I Pretend Im With You
- I Who Have Nothing
- If I Could Find Someone
- Ill Be Missing You
- Im Ready
- Its All Been A Dream
- Its In Her Kiss
- Its Time
- Love Potion No 9
- Magic Potion
- Money
- Needles And Pins
- No One Else Could Love Me
- Oh My Lover
- Once Upon A Time
- One Of These Days
- Saturday Night Out
- Since You Broke My Heart
- Some Other Guy
- Someday Were Gonna Love
- Sugar And Spice
- Sweets For My Sweet
- Take It Or Leave It
- Take Me For What Im Worth
- This Feeling Inside
- Tricky Dicky
- Unhappy Girls
- What Have They Done To The Rain
- When You Walk In The Room
- You Wanna Make Her Happy
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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:50:27 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: ./s/searchers/love_potion_no_9.crd
"Love Potion Number Nine"
(Leiber/Stoller)
[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
From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: ./s/searchers/love_potion_no_9.crd
"Love Potion Number Nine"
(Leiber/Stoller)
[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
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