Chords for Long Hot Summer Day
Tempo:
145.3 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Well, [Dm] I'm [Am] gonna pick up some of these empties, [Eb] Lord, [A] as soon as I find where they lay.
[G] Tied off them jolly [Eb] and leaving mine's on a long hot summer [Em] day.
And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day [Eb] off [E] with pay.
Oh, [A] toll boat picking up barges on a long hot summer [G] day.
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[G] Well, [Am] I got me a gal in Pekin, she's a good old [Gm] gal, [E] okay.
[A] Oh, she's sitting there waiting by the window fan on a long [E] [G] hot [A] summer day.
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[A] For every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off with [E] pay.
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Oh, toll boat picking up barges on a long hot summer day.
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[Am] [A] [Gm] [E] [A]
[D] Well, last [A] night we had pork for supper, and tomorrow be chicken [E] consomme,
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and a fruit jar full [Em] of iced [D] tea on [Am] a long hot summer day.
[G] And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off with [Em] pay.
[A] Oh, toll boat picking up barges on a long hot summer day.
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[A] [G] Well, we [A] dropped a man off in [Eb] [D] Piercetown when [A] we got off [G] yesterday.
[A] Gonna get [Am] off [A] now in Audun on a long [G] hot [A] summer day.
[G] And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day [E] off with pay.
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Oh, toll boat picking [A] up barges on a long hot summer [G] day.
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[A] And for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off with pay.
Oh, toll boat picking up barges on a long hot [B] summer [G] day.
[A] And for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off [E] with pay.
[A] Oh, toll boat picking up barges on a long hot summer day.
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Well, [Dm] I'm [Am] gonna pick up some of these empties, [Eb] Lord, [A] as soon as I find where they lay.
[G] Tied off them jolly [Eb] and leaving mine's on a long hot summer [Em] day.
And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day [Eb] off [E] with pay.
Oh, [A] toll boat picking up barges on a long hot summer [G] day.
[A]
[Gm] [E] [Em]
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[G] Well, [Am] I got me a gal in Pekin, she's a good old [Gm] gal, [E] okay.
[A] Oh, she's sitting there waiting by the window fan on a long [E] [G] hot [A] summer day.
[G]
[A] For every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off with [E] pay.
[A]
Oh, toll boat picking up barges on a long hot summer day.
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[Am] [A] [Gm] [E] [A]
[D] Well, last [A] night we had pork for supper, and tomorrow be chicken [E] consomme,
[A]
and a fruit jar full [Em] of iced [D] tea on [Am] a long hot summer day.
[G] And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off with [Em] pay.
[A] Oh, toll boat picking up barges on a long hot summer day.
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[A] [G] Well, we [A] dropped a man off in [Eb] [D] Piercetown when [A] we got off [G] yesterday.
[A] Gonna get [Am] off [A] now in Audun on a long [G] hot [A] summer day.
[G] And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day [E] off with pay.
[Am]
Oh, toll boat picking [A] up barges on a long hot summer [G] day.
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[Em]
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[A] And for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off with pay.
Oh, toll boat picking up barges on a long hot [B] summer [G] day.
[A] And for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off [E] with pay.
[A] Oh, toll boat picking up barges on a long hot summer day.
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_ _ _ _ Well, [Dm] I'm [Am] gonna pick up some of these empties, [Eb] Lord, [A] as soon as I find where they lay.
[G] Tied off them jolly [Eb] and leaving mine's on a long hot summer [Em] day.
And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day [Eb] off [E] with pay.
Oh, [A] toll boat picking up barges on a long hot summer [G] day. _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Well, [Am] I got me a gal in Pekin, she's a good old [Gm] gal, [E] okay. _
[A] Oh, she's sitting there waiting by the window fan on a long [E] [G] hot [A] summer day.
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[A] For every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off with [E] pay.
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Oh, toll boat picking up barges on a long hot summer day.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] Well, last [A] night we had pork for supper, and tomorrow be chicken [E] consomme,
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and a fruit jar full [Em] of iced [D] tea on [Am] a long hot summer day.
[G] And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off with [Em] pay.
[A] Oh, toll boat picking up barges on a long hot summer _ day.
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_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] Well, we [A] dropped a man off in [Eb] _ [D] Piercetown when [A] we got off [G] _ yesterday. _
[A] Gonna get [Am] off [A] now in Audun on a long [G] hot [A] summer day.
[G] And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day [E] off with pay.
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Oh, toll boat picking [A] up barges on a long hot summer _ [G] day.
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[A] And for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off with pay.
Oh, toll boat picking up barges on a long hot [B] summer [G] day.
[A] And for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off [E] with pay.
[A] Oh, toll boat picking up barges on a long hot summer day. _
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_ _ _ _ Well, [Dm] I'm [Am] gonna pick up some of these empties, [Eb] Lord, [A] as soon as I find where they lay.
[G] Tied off them jolly [Eb] and leaving mine's on a long hot summer [Em] day.
And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day [Eb] off [E] with pay.
Oh, [A] toll boat picking up barges on a long hot summer [G] day. _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Well, [Am] I got me a gal in Pekin, she's a good old [Gm] gal, [E] okay. _
[A] Oh, she's sitting there waiting by the window fan on a long [E] [G] hot [A] summer day.
[G]
[A] For every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off with [E] pay.
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Oh, toll boat picking up barges on a long hot summer day.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] Well, last [A] night we had pork for supper, and tomorrow be chicken [E] consomme,
_ [A]
and a fruit jar full [Em] of iced [D] tea on [Am] a long hot summer day.
[G] And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off with [Em] pay.
[A] Oh, toll boat picking up barges on a long hot summer _ day.
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_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] Well, we [A] dropped a man off in [Eb] _ [D] Piercetown when [A] we got off [G] _ yesterday. _
[A] Gonna get [Am] off [A] now in Audun on a long [G] hot [A] summer day.
[G] And [A] for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day [E] off with pay.
[Am]
Oh, toll boat picking [A] up barges on a long hot summer _ [G] day.
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[A] And for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off with pay.
Oh, toll boat picking up barges on a long hot [B] summer [G] day.
[A] And for every day I'm working on the Illinois River, get a half a day off [E] with pay.
[A] Oh, toll boat picking up barges on a long hot summer day. _
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