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(o o) Summer of the Purple Man - Evil Cowards
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(oo o )
| 'o'
Hey Nancy boys, this one's for you.
INTRO version 1 (chords and lead)
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B|-9E|------|-9E|------|-9-----9---10----9E|------|-9E|------|-9---7-9E|------|-2- |
G|-9E|------|-9E|------|-9---11----9-----8E|------|-8E|------|-8---8-8E|------|--- |
D|-11E|------|11E|------|11E|------|E|------|--9E|------|-9E|------|-9---9-9E|------|--- |
A|-11E|E|------|E|------|E|------|E|------|-----|-xE|E|------|E|------|E|------|E|------|-----|-- |
E|-9E|E|------|E|------|E|------|E|------|-----|--7E|E|------|E|------|E|------|E|------|-----|-- |
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e|-0-2E|------|E|------|-0-0---0---0E|E|E|------|E|------|E|------|E|------|-----|----|---- |
B|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2---2-----5-7E|------|E|------|-5-5-----5-5-5-5- |
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2---2---6-6-6-6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6- |
D|-4---4-4-4-4E|------|---4E|------|-----7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7- |
A|-4E|------|E|------|E|------|-4E|------|-----7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7- |
E|-2E|E|------|E|------|E|------|E|------|-----|--5---5-5-5-5---5-----5-5E|------|--- /
On the last rep stop here -^
INTRO version 2 (chords only)
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C#m C#m B F#m F#m A x4
E B
He materialized at the edge of my street
G#m A B
In a big beater car that never missed a beat
E B
I guess you could say that's when it all began
G#m A B
F#m B C#m
He seduced me on my way home from marching band
F#m
It was 1991
1 . . . 2 . . .
F#m G#m A
N/C (No Chord)
It was the summer of the purple man
BRIDGE
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E B G#m A
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4
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B|-0E|E|E|------|E|------|E|------|E|------|-----|----|E|E|------|E|------|E|------|E|------|-----|-|
G|-1E|------|-1-----8-8E|------|---4-4---4E|------|E|------|-6---6E|------|E|------|-| x2
D|-2---2E|------|-2-9-9---9-6---6-6---6E|------|-6-----7---7---7-6---6-6-|
A|-2E|------|E|------|-9-9E|------|-7-6-6---6---6E|------|-6-7---7---7---7-----|
E|-0E|------|E|------|-7-7E|------|---4-4---4E|------|E|------|-5---5---5E|------|---|
E B
God only knows we didn't know we did
G#m A B
You bet we played that card 'cause we were just kids
E B G#m A B
Re-educated while working on our tans
F#m B C#m
He controlled us with the touch of his purple hand
F#m
We were falling one by one
1 . . . 2 . . .
F#m G#m A
N/C
It was the summer of the purple man
C#m B
Suddenly the universe was out of whack
A E
And once you go there, you can't come back
C#m B
And daddy looked like he was gonna have a heart attack
A E
Clenched his fist and he said
A E
"When I get my hands on that mother fucker
A B
Gonna put his purple nads in the ground and weigh the fucker *
* (Please comment if you know what he says in this line.)
A B
I'll tear him limb from limb on a torture rack"
E B
The afternoons were spent in nap
G#m A B
The nights for sitting on his lap
E B G#m A B
Feeding him purple beans out of a can
F#m B C#m
Everything going according to his plan
F#m
It was the last time I had fun, yeah
1 . . . 2 . . .
F#m G#m A
N/C
It was the summer of the purple man
BRIDGE (same as before but play only once not twice)
C#m B
Spilling our seeds into the serpent's garden
A E
Our young love muscles began to harden
C#m B
And that's when mother coughed and begged our pardon
A E
Cleared her throat and she said
A E
"You're such a good little boy and you always wanna please us
A B
Surely we can fix this with a little more Jesus
A B
And pray and pray that purple gay away"
E B
Hey Nancy boys this ones for you
G#m A
And the big pink bubble from the gum you chew
E B G#m A
It's such a hoot watching what you've turned into
E B
As the days fly pass
G#m A
We'll stand aghast, trapping you at a social impasse
E B
Run out the door just as fast as you can
G#m A N/C
And try to go back to the summer of the purple man
