This is the biggest hit song from The Monks first album "Bad Habits", released in 1979.
Written by John Ford, Richard Hudson and Terry Cassidy. The song is recorded in the key of
Eb, but a capo on the first fret would make the chord positions a little easier.
[Intro]
Eb Db Eb F# F (X4)
[Chorus]
Eb Db
I got drugs in my pocket
Eb F# F Eb Db Eb F# F
I dont know what to do with them
Eb Db Eb F# F Eb Db Eb
I've got drugs in my pocket am I really through with them?
[Verse 1]
G# F#
I mean I ask myself, do I really need to be permantly high?
Db Eb
Stay awake for hours and watch my life pass by
[Chorus]
Eb Db Eb F# F
Cuz I've got drugs in my pocket and I don't know what to do with them
Eb Db Eb F# F
(Drugs in my pocket, Drugs in my pocket)
Eb Db Eb F# F Eb Db Eb F# F
Yeah I've got drugs in my pocket, I'm wearing out me shoes with them
Eb Db Eb F# F Eb Db Eb
I've got drugs in my pocket, I'll never need a cure for them
[Verse 2]
G# F#
I say it turns you crazy, they say it makes you sick
Db Eb
To me its all the same, cuz I'm just bleedin' thick
[Chorus]
Eb Db Eb F# F
I've got drugs in my pocket and I don't know what to do with them
Eb Db Eb F# F
(Drugs in my pocket, Drugs in my pocket)
[Bridge]
Eb Db Eb F# F
Hey what you got for me today mate? Anything nice
Eb Db Eb G#
Well I got some upper or I got some downer man, or I got some real
A# Db Eb D Eb D G#
Hard grass all the way from Jamacia to sell in Brixton
A# Db Eb D Eb D G# A# Db Eb D Eb D
Try some of this Alright I'll have a go, hang on
G# A# Db Eb D Eb D
Cool, that's alright, innit?
G# A# Db Eb D Eb D G# A# Db Eb D Eb D G# A# Db Eb D Eb D
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
[Break]
Eb Db Eb F# F Eb Db Eb F# F
[Chorus]
Eb Db Eb F# F
I got drugs in my pocket, I dont know what to do with them
Eb Db Eb F# F
(Drugs in my pocket, Drugs in my pocket)
Eb Db Eb F# F
I got drugs in these pocket, more then just a few of them
Eb Db Eb
(Drugs in my pocket, Drugs in my pocket)
[Verse 3]
G# F#
Yeah cuz I got drugs for when I'm dancing, and drugs for down the club
Db Eb
Drugs to watch a movie, I need drugs when I make love
[Chorus]
Eb Db Eb F# F
Drugs in my pocket and I dont know what to do with them
Eb Db Eb F# F
(Drugs in my pocket, Drugs in my pocket)
Eb Db Eb F# F
I've got these drugs in my pocket and I dont know what to do with them
Eb Db Eb F# F
(Drugs in my pocket, Drugs in my pocket)
Eb Db Eb F# F
Oh I've got drugs in my pocket and I dont know what to do with them
Eb Db Eb F# F
(Drugs in my pocket, Drugs in my pocket)
Eb Db Eb F# F Eb Db B
Yeah I've got drugs in my pocket I dont know what to do with them