Song: The drugs don't work (Radio Edit)Group: The VerveAlbum: Urban Backlog
This is the second single of the Verve's album Urban Hymns. The song is really easy to play. Nice chord progression. The Verve have been around
since 1989 but all of a sudden they have become commercially popular.
Yet their music has always stayed quite similar and their classic work
is often their oldest stuff. So if you like this and their newer music
try out old music like "a northen soul" and "a storm in heaven".Chords used:
C alternates between X32013 and X32003 (uses second version to got to Am)
Am alternates between X02210 and X02200 (uses second version to got to Em)
Em 022000F (Barre chord) 133211G 320033
NB C somtimes drops from X32013 to 30013 (But you can figure out where!)
Intro:
C Am Em F G C
Verse 1
C
All this talk of gettin' old
Am
it's gettin' me down my love
Em
like a cat in a bag
F G
waiting to drown
G C
this time I'm coming down
Verse 2
C
and I hope you're thinking of me
Am
as you lay down on your side
Em
now the drugs don't work
F
they just make you worse
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
but I know I'll see your face again
Verse 3
C
But I know I'm on a losing streak
Am
cause I passed down my old street
Em
and if you wanna show
F
then just let me know
G C
and I'll sing in your ear again
Em
now the drugs don't work
F
they just make you worse
G C
but I know I'll see your face again
Chorus
F Em
cause baby ooohhhh
Am G
if heaven calls I'm coming too
F Em
Just like you said
Am G
you leave my life I'm better of dead.
Verse 4
C
All this talk of gettin' old
Am
it's gettin' me down my love
Em
like a cat in a bag
F G
waiting to drown
G C
this time I'm coming down
Em
now the drugs don't work
F
they just make you worse
G C
but I know I'll see your face again
Chorus
F Em
cause baby ooohhhh
Am G
if heaven calls I'm coming too
F Em
Just like you said
Am G
you leave my life I'm better of dead.
Verse 5 Em
but if you wanna show
F
then just let me know
G C
and I'll sing in your ear again
Em
now the drugs don't work
F
they just make you worse
G C
but I know I'll see your face again
Middle 8
C
yeah I know I'll see your face again
C
yeah I know I'll see your face again
C
yeah I know I'll see your face again
C
yeah I know I'll see your face again
(Fade out)
C
Never coming down,
C
I'm never coming down
C
no more no more no more no more no more(Original Demo Lyrics)
(Note "drug make ME worse" - pre-commercial/sanitized version)
All this talk of growin' oldis gettin' me down my lovelike a cat in a bag
waiting to drownI know I'm coming downand I hope you're thinking of me
as you lay down insidenow the drugs don't workthey just make me worse
but I know I'll see your face againcause baby ooohhhh
if heaven calls I'm coming tooand baby ooohhhhif heaven calls I'm with you
But I know I'm on a losing streakI passed down my old street
and if you wanna stop then give me a shout and I'll come running down
you know I willBut the drugs don't workthey just make me worse
and I know I'll see your face againcause baby ooohhhh
if heaven calls I'm coming toocause baby ooohhhhif heaven calls I'm coming too
Just like you saidI'm better dead, when I ain't got youJust like you said
I'm better dead, when I ain't got youbut if you wanna show
then just let me know and I'll sing in your ear againbut the drugs don't work
they just make me worsebut I know I'll see your face againlike a cat in a bag
waiting to drownI know I'm coming downnow the drugs don't work
they just make me worseand I know I'll see your face again
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