Long Hot Summer Days Chords by John Hartford
Tempo:
69 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
Am
E
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] And this is a towboat song called Long Hot Summer Days.
And Doc Cullis called us from Chattanooga this morning
and said he had a brand new baby boy named
Zachary Hartford Cullis, so we'll send this out to him.
[D] [A]
[D]
[D#] [Am]
[G#] We're gonna [F#] pick up some of these empties here
Just as soon as we know where they lay
Tying off them jolly and leaving minds
On them long hot summer days
[N] For every day of work on the Illinois River
[A] Get a half a day off with pay
Old Darge is on them long hot summer days
[D]
[N] [B] [A] Well I got [Am] me a gal in [E] Pekin
She's a good old gal, okay
I bet [Am] she's a sitting by her window [E] fan
On a long hot [F] summer day
[Bm] For every [Am] day of work on the Illinois River
Get a half a day off with pay
Old Bacon up [E] Arches
On them long hot [F#m] summer days
[E]
Last [D] [C] [A]
[D]
[A]
[D] [A] night we had pork for supper
[N] Today I'll be chicken consomme
And a fruit jar full of iced tea
On them long hot summer days
For every day of work on the Illinois River
Get a half a day off with pay
Old Bacon up Arches
On them long hot summer [D] days
[Am] [C#] [A]
[F] [A] Well [D]
[A] [D] [Am] [E] [D]
[Am] we [N] put a man off at Beardstown
When we come down yesterday
I'm gonna get uptown at Alton
On a long [F] hot summer [Bm] day
For every day of work [B] on the Illinois River
Get a half a day off [Am] with pay
Old Darge is on them long hot summer days
[D] For [Am]
[A] [G] [D]
[A] [Bm] [D] [A]
[D]
[G#m] every day of work on the Illinois River
Get a half a day [A] off with [E] pay
Old Boat up making up arches
On them hot summer days
For every day of work on the [A] Illinois River
Get a half a day off with pay
Old Bacon up Arches
On them long hot summer days
And Doc Cullis called us from Chattanooga this morning
and said he had a brand new baby boy named
Zachary Hartford Cullis, so we'll send this out to him.
[D] [A]
[D]
[D#] [Am]
[G#] We're gonna [F#] pick up some of these empties here
Just as soon as we know where they lay
Tying off them jolly and leaving minds
On them long hot summer days
[N] For every day of work on the Illinois River
[A] Get a half a day off with pay
Old Darge is on them long hot summer days
[D]
[N] [B] [A] Well I got [Am] me a gal in [E] Pekin
She's a good old gal, okay
I bet [Am] she's a sitting by her window [E] fan
On a long hot [F] summer day
[Bm] For every [Am] day of work on the Illinois River
Get a half a day off with pay
Old Bacon up [E] Arches
On them long hot [F#m] summer days
[E]
Last [D] [C] [A]
[D]
[A]
[D] [A] night we had pork for supper
[N] Today I'll be chicken consomme
And a fruit jar full of iced tea
On them long hot summer days
For every day of work on the Illinois River
Get a half a day off with pay
Old Bacon up Arches
On them long hot summer [D] days
[Am] [C#] [A]
[F] [A] Well [D]
[A] [D] [Am] [E] [D]
[Am] we [N] put a man off at Beardstown
When we come down yesterday
I'm gonna get uptown at Alton
On a long [F] hot summer [Bm] day
For every day of work [B] on the Illinois River
Get a half a day off [Am] with pay
Old Darge is on them long hot summer days
[D] For [Am]
[A] [G] [D]
[A] [Bm] [D] [A]
[D]
[G#m] every day of work on the Illinois River
Get a half a day [A] off with [E] pay
Old Boat up making up arches
On them hot summer days
For every day of work on the [A] Illinois River
Get a half a day off with pay
Old Bacon up Arches
On them long hot summer days
Key:
A
D
Am
E
F
A
D
Am
[A] And this is a towboat song called Long Hot Summer Days.
And Doc Cullis called us from Chattanooga this morning
and said he had a brand new baby boy named
Zachary Hartford Cullis, so we'll send this out to him. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[D#] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[G#] We're gonna [F#] pick up some of these empties here
Just as soon as we know where they lay
Tying off them jolly and leaving minds
On them long hot summer days
[N] For every day of work on the Illinois River
[A] Get a half a day off with pay
Old Darge is on them long hot summer days
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ [B] _ [A] _ _ Well I got [Am] me a gal in [E] Pekin
She's a good old gal, okay
I bet [Am] she's a sitting by her window [E] fan
On a long hot [F] summer day
[Bm] For every [Am] day of work on the Illinois River
Get a half a day off with pay
Old Bacon up [E] Arches
On them long hot [F#m] summer days
[E]
Last _ _ [D] _ [C] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ night we had pork for supper
[N] Today I'll be chicken consomme
And a fruit jar full of iced tea
On them long hot summer days
For every day of work on the Illinois River
Get a half a day off with pay
Old Bacon up Arches
On them long hot summer [D] days _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [C#] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ [A] _ Well _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ [E] _ [D] _
_ [Am] we [N] put a man off at Beardstown
When we come down yesterday
I'm gonna get uptown at Alton
On a long [F] hot summer [Bm] day
For every day of work [B] on the Illinois River
Get a half a day off [Am] with pay
Old Darge is on them long hot summer days
[D] For _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[A] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [D] _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#m] every day of work on the Illinois River
Get a half a day [A] off with [E] pay
Old Boat up making up arches
On them hot summer days
For every day of work on the [A] Illinois River
Get a half a day off with pay _
Old Bacon up Arches
On them long hot summer days
And Doc Cullis called us from Chattanooga this morning
and said he had a brand new baby boy named
Zachary Hartford Cullis, so we'll send this out to him. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[D#] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[G#] We're gonna [F#] pick up some of these empties here
Just as soon as we know where they lay
Tying off them jolly and leaving minds
On them long hot summer days
[N] For every day of work on the Illinois River
[A] Get a half a day off with pay
Old Darge is on them long hot summer days
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ [B] _ [A] _ _ Well I got [Am] me a gal in [E] Pekin
She's a good old gal, okay
I bet [Am] she's a sitting by her window [E] fan
On a long hot [F] summer day
[Bm] For every [Am] day of work on the Illinois River
Get a half a day off with pay
Old Bacon up [E] Arches
On them long hot [F#m] summer days
[E]
Last _ _ [D] _ [C] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ night we had pork for supper
[N] Today I'll be chicken consomme
And a fruit jar full of iced tea
On them long hot summer days
For every day of work on the Illinois River
Get a half a day off with pay
Old Bacon up Arches
On them long hot summer [D] days _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [C#] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ [A] _ Well _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [Am] _ [E] _ [D] _
_ [Am] we [N] put a man off at Beardstown
When we come down yesterday
I'm gonna get uptown at Alton
On a long [F] hot summer [Bm] day
For every day of work [B] on the Illinois River
Get a half a day off [Am] with pay
Old Darge is on them long hot summer days
[D] For _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[A] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [D] _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#m] every day of work on the Illinois River
Get a half a day [A] off with [E] pay
Old Boat up making up arches
On them hot summer days
For every day of work on the [A] Illinois River
Get a half a day off with pay _
Old Bacon up Arches
On them long hot summer days