| E | A | B | E | |
| Sister got bit by a copperhead snake in the | woods be | hind 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 ap | pall |
| 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 pl | ease |
| 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 sp | eaking |
| Chorus: |
| A | E | A | E | |
| And they were | too young to be | hippies | missed out on | love |
| A | E | E | B | E | |
| Re | turn 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 |