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