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Long Hot Summer Day

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Long Hot Summer Day- Turnpike Troubadours
[Intro]
A E
[Verse]
Well I’m Gonna pAick up some of these empties Lord.
As soon as I find where they lEay.
Tied oAff of them jolly and leaving lines.
On a loAng hoEt summer dAay.
[Chorus]
For evAery day I workin’ on the Illinois River.
Get a half a day off with pEay.
Oh TAow boat pickin’ up barges.
On a loAng hoEt summer dAay.
[Verse]
Well I gAot me a gal in Pekin.
She's a good ole' gal okEay.
Oh she's siAtting there waitin’ by a window fan.
On a loAng hoEt summer dAay.
[Chorus]
For evAery day I workin’ on the Illinois River.
Get a half a day off with Epay.
Oh TAow boat pickin’ up barges.
On a loAng hoEt summer dAay.
[Verse]
Well Last nAight we had pork for supper.
And Tomorrow it'll be chicken consEommé.
And a fAruit jar full a iced tea.
On a loAng hoEt summer dAay. Yeah.
[Chorus]
For eAvery day I workin’ on the Illinois River.
Get a half a day off with pEay.
Oh TAow boat pickin’ up barges.
On a loAng hoEt summer dAay.
[Verse]
Well we drAopped a man off in Beardstown.
When we got off yesteErday.
Gonna Aget off down in Alton.
On a loAng hoEt summer dAay.
[Chorus]
For eAvery day I workin’ on the Illinois River.
Get a half a day off with pEay.
Oh TAow boat pickin’ up barges.
On a loAng hoEt summer dAay.
Lead:
Chorus 2x:
For eAvery day I workin’ on the Illinois River.
Get a half a day off with pEay.
Oh TAow boat pickin’ up barges.
On a loAng hoEt summer dAay.
Notes- This song has a real Classic Country bass line. 
You can get that if you're playing alone by thumping that E string back and forth with the A string. 
I also like to stretch the E string on the 3rd fret when I'm going back to the A chord.

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Long Hot Summer Day

by Turnpike Troubadours

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Long Hot Summer Day- Turnpike Troubadours

[Intro]

A E

[Verse]

Well I’m Gonna pick up some of these empties Lord.

As soon as I find where they lay.

Tied off of them jolly and leaving lines.

A E A

On a long hot summer day.

[Chorus]

For every day I workin’ on the Illinois River.

Get a half a day off with pay.

Oh Tow boat pickin’ up barges.

A E A

On a long hot summer day.

[Verse]

Well I got me a gal in Pekin.

She's a good ole' gal okay.

Oh she's sitting there waitin’ by a window fan.

A E A

On a long hot summer day.

[Chorus]

For every day I workin’ on the Illinois River.

Get a half a day off with pay.

Oh Tow boat pickin’ up barges.

A E A

On a long hot summer day.

[Verse]

Well Last night we had pork for supper.

And Tomorrow it'll be chicken consommé.

And a fruit jar full a iced tea.

A E A

On a long hot summer day. Yeah.

[Chorus]

For every day I workin’ on the Illinois River.

Get a half a day off with pay.

Oh Tow boat pickin’ up barges.

A E A

On a long hot summer day.

[Verse]

Well we dropped a man off in Beardstown.

When we got off yesterday.

Gonna get off down in Alton.

A E A

On a long hot summer day.

[Chorus]

For every day I workin’ on the Illinois River.

Get a half a day off with pay.

Oh Tow boat pickin’ up barges.

A E A

On a long hot summer day.

Lead:

Chorus 2x:

For every day I workin’ on the Illinois River.

Get a half a day off with pay.

Oh Tow boat pickin’ up barges.

A E A

On a long hot summer day.

Notes- This song has a real Classic Country bass line.

You can get that if you're playing alone by thumping that E string back and forth with the A string.

I also like to stretch the E string on the 3rd fret when I'm going back to the A chord.

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