Long Hot Summer Day Chords by Turnpike Troubadours
Tempo:
72.5 bpm
Chords used:
A
G
E
Em
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
[D]
[A]
[Dm] Well, I'm [A] gonna pick up some of these empties, Lord, as soon as I find where they lay.
Sight off them jolly and leavin' mines [Ab] on a long hot summer [Em] day.
[A] And for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day [E] off with pay.
[A] Oh, no more picking up barges on a long hot summer [G] day.
[A] [Dbm] [Em]
[A] [G] Well, [Am] I got me a gal in Pekin, she's a [Eb] good old [E] gal, okay.
[A] Oh, she's sitting there waiting by the window fan on a [G] long hot [A] summer [G] day.
[A] For every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off [E] with pay.
[A] Oh, no more picking up barges on a [G] long hot [A] summer [D] day.
[A] [Am] [A] [Gm] [E]
[A] [D] Well, [A] last night we had pork for supper, and tomorrow be chicken [E] consomme.
[A]
And a fruit jar full [Em] of iced [A] tea on a [E] long hot [A] summer [G] day.
And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off [Em] with pay.
[A] Oh, no more picking up barges on a long hot summer day.
[D] [E] [C]
[A] [Am] [Em] [A] [G] Well, [A] we dropped a man off [Eb] in [A] Pierdstown when we got [G] off yesterday.
[A] Gonna get [Am] off [A] down in Audun on a long [G] hot [A] summer [G] day.
And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off [E] with [Am] pay.
Oh, no more picking [A] up barges on a long hot summer [G] day.
[A] [Em] [A]
[Em] [A] [G] And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off [Dbm] with pay.
[A] Oh, no more picking up barges on a long hot [Em] summer day.
And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off [E] with [A] pay.
Oh, no more picking up barges on a long hot summer day.
[E]
[A] [Em] [A] [D]
[A]
[D]
[A]
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[A]
[Dm] Well, I'm [A] gonna pick up some of these empties, Lord, as soon as I find where they lay.
Sight off them jolly and leavin' mines [Ab] on a long hot summer [Em] day.
[A] And for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day [E] off with pay.
[A] Oh, no more picking up barges on a long hot summer [G] day.
[A] [Dbm] [Em]
[A] [G] Well, [Am] I got me a gal in Pekin, she's a [Eb] good old [E] gal, okay.
[A] Oh, she's sitting there waiting by the window fan on a [G] long hot [A] summer [G] day.
[A] For every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off [E] with pay.
[A] Oh, no more picking up barges on a [G] long hot [A] summer [D] day.
[A] [Am] [A] [Gm] [E]
[A] [D] Well, [A] last night we had pork for supper, and tomorrow be chicken [E] consomme.
[A]
And a fruit jar full [Em] of iced [A] tea on a [E] long hot [A] summer [G] day.
And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off [Em] with pay.
[A] Oh, no more picking up barges on a long hot summer day.
[D] [E] [C]
[A] [Am] [Em] [A] [G] Well, [A] we dropped a man off [Eb] in [A] Pierdstown when we got [G] off yesterday.
[A] Gonna get [Am] off [A] down in Audun on a long [G] hot [A] summer [G] day.
And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off [E] with [Am] pay.
Oh, no more picking [A] up barges on a long hot summer [G] day.
[A] [Em] [A]
[Em] [A] [G] And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off [Dbm] with pay.
[A] Oh, no more picking up barges on a long hot [Em] summer day.
And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off [E] with [A] pay.
Oh, no more picking up barges on a long hot summer day.
[E]
[A] [Em] [A] [D]
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[D]
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Key:
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Well, I'm [A] gonna pick up some of these empties, Lord, as soon as I find where they lay.
Sight off them jolly and leavin' mines [Ab] on a long hot summer [Em] day.
[A] And for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day [E] off with pay.
[A] Oh, no more picking up barges on a long hot summer [G] day.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ [Em] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Well, [Am] I got me a gal in Pekin, she's a [Eb] good old [E] gal, okay.
[A] Oh, she's sitting there waiting by the window fan on a [G] long hot [A] summer [G] day.
[A] For every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off [E] with pay.
[A] Oh, no more picking up barges on a [G] long hot [A] summer [D] day.
[A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [A] _ [Gm] _ [E] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] Well, [A] last night we had pork for supper, and tomorrow be chicken [E] consomme.
[A]
And a fruit jar full [Em] of iced [A] tea on a [E] long hot [A] summer [G] day.
And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off [Em] with pay.
[A] Oh, no more picking up barges on a long hot summer day.
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[A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ [A] [G] Well, [A] we dropped a man off [Eb] in [A] Pierdstown when we got [G] off yesterday.
[A] Gonna get [Am] off [A] down in Audun on a long [G] hot [A] summer [G] day.
And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off [E] with [Am] pay.
Oh, no more picking [A] up barges on a long hot summer [G] day.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [A] [G] And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off [Dbm] with pay.
[A] Oh, no more picking up barges on a long hot [Em] summer day.
And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off [E] with [A] pay.
Oh, no more picking up barges on a long hot summer day. _
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] Well, I'm [A] gonna pick up some of these empties, Lord, as soon as I find where they lay.
Sight off them jolly and leavin' mines [Ab] on a long hot summer [Em] day.
[A] And for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day [E] off with pay.
[A] Oh, no more picking up barges on a long hot summer [G] day.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dbm] _ [Em] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Well, [Am] I got me a gal in Pekin, she's a [Eb] good old [E] gal, okay.
[A] Oh, she's sitting there waiting by the window fan on a [G] long hot [A] summer [G] day.
[A] For every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off [E] with pay.
[A] Oh, no more picking up barges on a [G] long hot [A] summer [D] day.
[A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [A] _ [Gm] _ [E] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] Well, [A] last night we had pork for supper, and tomorrow be chicken [E] consomme.
[A]
And a fruit jar full [Em] of iced [A] tea on a [E] long hot [A] summer [G] day.
And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off [Em] with pay.
[A] Oh, no more picking up barges on a long hot summer day.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ [C] _
[A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ [A] [G] Well, [A] we dropped a man off [Eb] in [A] Pierdstown when we got [G] off yesterday.
[A] Gonna get [Am] off [A] down in Audun on a long [G] hot [A] summer [G] day.
And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off [E] with [Am] pay.
Oh, no more picking [A] up barges on a long hot summer [G] day.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [A] [G] And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off [Dbm] with pay.
[A] Oh, no more picking up barges on a long hot [Em] summer day.
And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off [E] with [A] pay.
Oh, no more picking up barges on a long hot summer day. _
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