Long Hot Summer Days

Long Hot Summer Day Album Mark Twain December 3, 2008 Banjo tuned E, Key of D, No Capo(All verses same progression) Long Hot Summer Day D Gonna pick up some of them empties here G Just as soon as we know where they lay D Tied off of them jolly and leaving minds G D On a long hot summer day For every day I work on the Illinois river G I get a half a day off with pay D All day long I am mak¯ng up barges G D On a long hot summer day Instrumental after each verse:DGDDDGDGD Well I got me a gal in Pea-kin She is a good old gal, Okay I bet she is sitting a winder fan On a long hot summer day For every day I work on the Illinois river Get a half a day off with pay All day long I am making up barges On a long hot summer day Last night we had pork for supper Today It will be chicken consume` And a fruit jar full of iced tea On a long hot summer day For every day I work on the Illinois river Get a half a day off with pay All day long I am making up barges On a long hot summer day Well we put a man off in Beardstown When we come down yesterday Iam gonna off down at Alton On a long hot summer day For every day I work on the Illinois River Get a half a day off with pay All day long I am making up them barges On a long hot summer day D For every day I work on the Illinois River G Get a half a day off with pay D All day long I am making up them barges G D On a long hot summer day