[Intro]
E
[Strophe]
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
[Refrain]
            A               E       A             E 
And we were too young to be hippies missed out on love 
A                         E                   E      B      A 
Learned from the teens in the late seventies in a summer of the drugs
[Strophe]
E                                           A        B     E 
Mommy and Daddy could never understand that life was never dull 
E                                     A       B     E 
Their idea of a rollicking time was a kitchen taffy pull 
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 beneath their makeup
[Refrain]
              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
[Pont]
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
[Strophe]
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
[Refrain]
              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
[Outro]
              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