Long Hot Summer Days Chords by Sara Watkins

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[E] _ Gonna pack [Em] up some of these empties here just as soon as we know where they lay
_ Them jolly and leaving lines on a long hot summer day
For every day of work on the Illinois River get a half a day off with pay
We're building up barges on a long hot summer day
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[E] Last night we had pork for supper, today it'll be [Em] chicken consomme
And we're jolly on a long hot summer day
For every day of work on the Illinois River get a half a day off with pay
On a town building up [N] barges on a long hot [G] summer day
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[Em] Well I got me a gal in Pekin, she's a good old gal okay
I bet she's sitting by her window fan on a long [E] hot summer day
For every day of work on the Illinois River get a half a day off with pay
On a town building up barges on a long hot [Bm] summer [Em] day
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[E] [Bm] Well we put a [Em] man off in Beardstown when we come down yesterday
I'm gonna get on off the old man on a long hot summer day
For every day of work on the Illinois River get a half [Am] a day off with pay
On a [E] town building up barges [F#] on a long hot [E] summer day
For every day of work on the Illinois River get a half a day [Em] off with pay
_ [E] _ [B] _ On a long hot summer day _ _ _ _ _