’Tain’t (Dm)no big thing
to (F)wait for the (Am)bell to ring,
’tain’t (Dm)no big thing,
the (C)toll of the (Am)bell.
(Dm)Ag gra vat ed spare for days, I (Am)troll down town, the red light place.
I (Dm)jump up bub ble up, what’s in store?
(Am)Love is the drug and I need to score.
(Dm)Show ing out, show ing out, hit and run, (Am)boy meets girl where the beat goes on.
(Em)Stitched up tight, can’t shake free, (Am)love is the drug got a hook on me.
(Dm)Oh,
catch that buzz, (Am)love is the drug I’m think ing of.
(Em)Oh,
can’t you see (Am)love is the drug for
(C)Oh,
oh.
(Dm)Late that night I parked my car, (Am)staked my place in the sin gles bar.
(Dm)Face to face, toe to toe, (Am)heart to heart as we hit the floor.
(Dm)Lum ber up, lim bo down, the (Am)locked em brace, the stum ble ’round.
(Dm)I say “go” she say “yes” (Am)dim the lights, you can guess the rest.
(Dm)Oh,
catch that buzz, (Am)love is the drug I’m think ing of.
(Dm)Oh,
can’t you see (Am)love is the drug got a hook in me?
(Dm)Oh,
get that buzz, (Am)love is the drug I’m think ing of.
(Dm)Oh,
can’t you see, (Am)love, the drug for me.
(Am)oh,
(Em)oh,
(Am)oh,
(Em)oh,
(A)oh,
(C)oh,
oh.
(F)Love (C)is, (F)love (C)is, (F)love (C)is (Dm7)the (C6)drug.
This page shows “Love Is The Drug” by Roxy Music in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of A at 130 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.