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Song: The drugs don't work (Radio Edit)
Group: The Verve
Album: Urban Hymns
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 022000
F (Barre chord) 133211
G 320033
NB C somtimes drops from X32013 to 30013 (But you can figure out where!)
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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' old
is gettin' me down my love
like a cat in a bag
waiting to drown
I know I'm coming down
and I hope you're thinking of me
as you lay down inside
now the drugs don't work
they just make me worse
but I know I'll see your face again
cause baby ooohhhh
if heaven calls I'm coming too
and baby ooohhhh
if heaven calls I'm with you
But I know I'm on a losing streak
I passed down my old street
and if you wanna stop
then give me a shout
and I'll come running down
you know I will
But the drugs don't work
they just make me worse
and I know I'll see your face again
cause baby ooohhhh
if heaven calls I'm coming too
cause baby ooohhhh
if heaven calls I'm coming too
Just like you said
I'm better dead, when I ain't got you
Just like you said
I'm better dead, when I ain't got you
but if you wanna show
then just let me know
and I'll sing in your ear again
but the drugs don't work
they just make me worse
but I know I'll see your face again
like a cat in a bag
waiting to drown
I know I'm coming down
now the drugs don't work
they just make me worse
and I know I'll see your face again
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Chorded by Ross Howard (Auckland, New Zealand)
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Keegan Average |
#1 by Keegan at Mar 15, 1970 at 4:31 AM EST |
| Utopian, teenager of the year is my fave song ever. every time i hear this song, it gives me goosebumps. my fave line is "like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown" | |
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jo_silverhawk Average |
#2 by jo_silverhawk at Dec 13, 1971 at 12:49 AM EST |
| "Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown" just might be the most depressing lyric ever. I did hear that this song was written for Richard Ashcroft's dying father, but if that's the case, why do parts sound so romantic? ("My love," etc.) | |
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ToRRi Average |
#3 by ToRRi L at Feb 24, 1974 at 12:12 AM EST |
| this song is so pretty...i'm not even a huge fan of the verve, but this song makes me want to cry. howie day plays it live sometimes and he does a great job of it. does anybody know why i can't find it on kazaa? | |
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alex Average |
#4 by alex at Apr 21, 1981 at 6:17 AM EST |
| ur close willowbear...this song was written for his dying father. Brilliant song,great words,full of soul | |
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maximus Average |
#5 by maximus hyrule at Mar 10, 1982 at 4:03 AM EST |
| ive just gotten into this song again... when i heard it about a month ago.... it is definately one of the best songs... for any aussies on here, it was number one on the triple J hottest 100 and it was number 1 again when Ben harper did it.... jus to show how much people love this song | |
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Dan Professional Badass |
#6 by Dan Hudspith at Feb 10, 1985 at 7:07 PM EST |
| It was in a Q interview, gez is right , it is about is dad. | |
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Vezy Professional |
#7 by Vezy at Feb 25, 1986 at 8:31 PM EST |
| After listening to this song and reading the lyrics I have decided it's a song about somebody's wife or girlfriend or something and they are dying of cancer. The drugs that don't work are the chemo drugs I'm guessing, cause chemo drugs make you worse as in really sick and stuff. Well that is what I think, I don't know much. I totally love this song, it's really sad. | |
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i wud give da w Wanna Be |
#8 by i wud give da world 2 frankie if it was mine! at Nov 30, 1990 at 11:53 AM EST |
| I can't believe that hardly anyone has commented on this song, it is one of my all time favourite songs. It makes me cry everytime i listen to it, it is absolutely amazing. | |
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brennan Average |
#9 by brennan collins at May 11, 1992 at 4:40 PM EST |
| you can refer to your dad or someone in your family as "my love", because simply you love him. It's not weird, at least from a foreign perspective (Mexico). I believe he tells him "my love" not as in a gay/coupling way, but as a family loving way. I don't see anything strange in it. Great song, by the way. Luckily I still have my dad around, but this is the way I think I'm gonna feel when he leaves... like a cat in a bag... | |
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Jared Wanna Be |
#10 by Jared van Eck at Feb 16, 2004 at 10:22 AM EST |
| This song IS about his dad, whent into hospital for a ruteen operation, chances off death were very low. but they gave him some drugs that he was allergic to which killed him hence "the drugs don't work They just make you worse" | |
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