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Intro: E
E A B E
Sister got bit by a copperhead snake in the woods behind the house
E A B E
And nobody was home so I grabbed her foot and I sucked that poison out
A
Sister got better in a month or two when the swelling it went down
E A B E
But I started off my teenage years with a poison in my mouth
Chorus:
A E A E
And we were too young to be hippies missed out on love
A E E B A
Return to our teen in the late seventies in a summer of the drugs
E A B E
Mommy and Daddy could never understand that life was never cold
E A B E
Their idea of a rollicking town was a kitchen tap appall
A
Acid, grass, downs and speed, junked us days were made of
E A B E
How could they suspect those kids where the monsters eat their makers
Chorus:
A E A E
And they were too young to be hippies missed out on love
A E
We learned from the teens of the late seventies in a
E B E
Summer of the drugs
F# D
Boys and girls in every town
F# C#
Sandman spread his sand around
F# B D C# B
Now we are just waking up from a summer of drugs
A E A
Hey hey (hey hey), woh woh (woh woh), uh-huh (uh-huh)
E A E
Hey yeah (hey yeah), hey hey (hey hey), woh woh (woh woh)
E B A
Oh yeah yeah yeah
E A B E
Mommies and Daddies are too shy to talk about those birds and bees
E A B E
Integrated schools had stopped, facts of life please
A
Girls and boys went away came back, empty after weekend
E A B E
The talk on the phone consisted of a hush, voices speaking
Chorus:
A E A E
And they were too young to be hippies missed out on love
A E E B E
Return to our teen in the late seventies in a summer of the drugs
A E
And they were too young (too young)
A E
And they were too fast (too fast)
A E E B E
Oh, the summer of drugs