Long Hot Summer Day Chords by Turnpike Troubadours

[Start]

[Intro]
D A Em7 A7 E7 A
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[Verse]
A                                                
Well I'm gonna pick up some of these empties Lord
                             A  
As soon as I find where they lay
                        A            
Tied off them jolly and leavin' lines
              A7             
On a long hot summer day yeah
                             A7                
For every day I'm workin' on the Illinois River
                          E7 
Get a half a day off with pay
                        E7    
Old tow boat pickin' up barges
              A7        
On a long hot summer day
A A7 E7 A7 A A7
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                        A    
Well I got me a girl in Pekin
                      E   
She's a good old girl okay
E7                                  A         
Oh she's sittin' there waitin' by a window fan
                     G  
On a long hot summer day


[Chorus]
A                                              
For every day I'm workin' on the Illinois River
                          E7 
Get a half a day off with pay
                        A     
Old tow boat pickin' up barges
                         E
On a long hot summer day ■


[Inst]

[Verse]
A                                       
■ Well last night we had pork for supper
                              E       
And tomorrow it'll be chicken consommé
      E7             A          
And a fruit jar full of iced tea
                     A  
On a long hot summer day


[Chorus]
                                 A7                
And for every day I'm workin' on the Illinois River
    A                     E7 
Get a half a day off with pay
    A                   A7    
Old tow boat pickin' up barges
                     A  
On a long hot summer day


[Solo]
A7 E7 A A7
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[Verse]
                             A         
Well we dropped a man off in Beardstown
                A        
When we got off yesterday
A                          
Gonna get off down in Alton
                     G  
On a long hot summer day
        A                        Esus4             
And for every day I'm workin' on the Illinois River
    A                     E7 
Get a half a day off with pay
A                             
Old tow boat pickin' up barges
                     G   A E7
On a long hot summer day ■ ■ 


[Solo]

[Chorus]
A7     A                                              
■  And for every day I'm workin' on the Illinois River
                          E  
Get a half a day off with pay
    A                         
Old tow boat pickin' up barges
                     E  
On a long hot summer day
        A                                          
And for every day I'm workin' on the Illinois River
                          E7 
Get a half a day off with pay
    A                   A7    
Old tow boat pickin' up barges
                     A7 
On a long hot summer day


[Outro]
E7 A7 A A7 A D A D
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