The Drugs Dont Work Bass Tab

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BTAB: The Drugs Don't Work
Artist: The Verve
 Album: Urban Hymns
Author: Rattman (jratt0@hotmail.com)

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Another Easy yet good Verve Song.

Verse:
G------------------------------
D------------------------------
A-3-2-0-------------2--3-3-2-3-
E-------0-0-0-3-3-3------------

Chorus(also the "if you want a show" sections):
G-----------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------
A-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--3--2--3
E-----------------------------------------------------

Bridge:
G-------------------------
D-------------------------
A-------------------------
E-1-1-1-0-0-0-4-4-4-3-3-3-



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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Anday Average	#1 by Anday Randazzo at Sep 20, 1971 at 2:14 PM EST
	It seems like he loves this person so much that he will follow them everywhere, even in death. "'if heaven calls, I'm coming, too" "you leave my life, I'm better off dead" "I know I'll see your face again" (in heaven?) Seems suicidal but hopeful at the same time. Great song.

No Picture Randy Professional	#2 by Randy McKagan at Apr 21, 1976 at 5:45 PM EST
	The song is about Richard Ashcrofts father. The lyrics are pretty much correct but it's not actually "my love" it is in fact "my lord" It's in the tab book, well worth learning to play the guitar just to play songs like this one. However music is a form of art and you can interprut the lyrics however they relate to you or how you wish to feel about what is sung.

No Picture Katie Wanna Be	#3 by Katie Papeika at Jul 22, 1978 at 3:20 PM EST
	What a beautiful song! Ben Harper does quite a lovely cover of this song.. I can help but feel a bit sad when I listen to this song, and knowing he wrote it for his father gives me a whole new perspective. My favorite line: "If you wanna show, than just let me know and I'll sing in your ear again." Mmm

No Picture Sasquatch Average	#4 by Sasquatch Bob at Aug 9, 1978 at 5:10 AM EST
	This is such a good song

No Picture skinny Wanna Be	#5 by skinny mcclaine at Mar 19, 1979 at 8:39 AM EST
	quote ------------------- by quiffporn on 11-05-2004 @ 11:58:40 PM This is one of the best songs ever. I think it is so funny, how so many people got pissed off about how it supposedly glamourized drug use, based on the name, without actualy listening to it. ---------- How on earth could this song be glamourising drug use? Regardless of whether or not it was written for Richard's father, this song just says it like it is. The drugs don't work, they just make you worse.

No Picture Frodd Average	#6 by Frodd aka josh laing at Jun 10, 1983 at 8:30 AM EST
	I heard it was about his sister

No Picture Tadej Average	#7 by Tadej Supukovic at Feb 20, 1987 at 4:16 AM EST
	This song is brilliant!!

No Picture dustin Wanna Be	#8 by dustin docerty at Mar 7, 1989 at 12:24 AM EST
	I can accept he wrote it about his dad but I would hav thought he was aware of the other connotations it would have, especially for many fans of the Verve, their music, as a rule being fairly depressing and therefore the sort of thing people who are unhappy and turn to drugs would listen to. For me, however, it reminds me of a boy's funeral where they played it... don't want to talk bout that so I won't. Therefore, its really sad for me. Now I have friends who listen to it and we're all realising how true the meaning we get from it is. Whatever drugs people do, their not happy, obviously the next day, or when they come down but when their lives get really bad their not even happy with the drugs. I think for a lot of people this can be a meaning drawn from the song even if its not what it was written about.

No Picture Drew Average	#9 by Drew Hamilton at Oct 7, 1991 at 4:10 AM EST
	genius, ashcroft is genius

No Picture Tab Wanna Be	#10 by Tab at Dec 29, 1997 at 8:22 PM EST
	It just about makes you want to cry this song eh....almost in the same Lotel - Teenager of the Year used to....