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--|
