TWO GALLANTS ' LONG SUMMER DAY
The song is played with capo on 2nd fret.
IMPORTANT:
- B is played like this (6th to 1st string): x214xx
- E6 is a normal E major actually, but you have to add some pull-offs from the
2nd fret on the B string. Like this:
e ------0-------|
B --------2p0---|
G ------------1-|
D --2-----------|
A --------------|
E 0---0---------|
Well, the [E]summer day make a [B]white man [E6]lazy
[A] [B] [E6]
Well, [A]all I've ever [E]known is poor
[F#m]Owe my skin to the [E]country store
Don?[F#m]?t own my walls, [E]my roof, my door
But [B]he tells me I'm free
[A] But I fight the [E]will to live
[F#m]Hell might take but [E]heaven gives
It's the [F#m]only one so [E]I'll forgive
And [B]Im not the one to grieve
And the [E]summer day make a [B]white man [E6]lazy
[E]He sits on his por[B]ch killing [E6]time
I [A]gotta work to [E]feed my wife and [A]baby
I [E]work so god damn [B]hard that it's a [E]crime
Well, [A]I went down to the [E]polling place
The [F#m]white men there just lau[E]ghed in my face
Saying [F#m]boy, this ain't [E]no nigger's race
You [B]best get on your way
Sir, [A]I believe I've [E]got the right
Said you [F#m]ain't got nothing [E]if you ain't white
And I [F#m]thought I said get [E]out of sight
Well, [B]what was I to say?
And the [E]summer day make a [B]white man [E6]lazy
[E]He sits on his por[B]ch killing [E6]time
I [A]gotta work to [E]feed my wife and [A]baby
I [E]work so god damn [B]hard that it's a [E]crime
When [A]I was 'bout the [E]age of five
[F#m]Watched my daddy b[E]urned alive
The[F#m]y cut him low and the[E]y hung him high
[B]Swayin' in the breeze
[A] The last words I [E]heard him say
Be[F#m]fore they stole his [E]life that day
Was [F#m]forgive them lord, they've [E]gone astray
Now [B]take me to my knees
And the [E]summer day make a [B]white man l[E6]azy
[E]He sits on his por[B]ch killing [E6]time
But the s[Bm]ummer day make a[F#m] nigger feel[A] crazy[E]
[Bm]Might make me do s[F#m]omething out of li[E]ne[B]
Intermezzo:
[A] [B] [E]
[E] [B] [E]
[Bm] [F#m] [A] [E]
[Bm] [F#m] [E] [B]
Well, [A]I don't know bu[E]t I heard tell
Of a [F#m]furnace below a p[E]lace called hell
And [F#m]who would catch me [E]if I fell?
[B]Who would pray for me?
[A] But one thing I [E]see for sure
It's [F#m]hot as hell up [E]here I know
And the [F#m]devil lives right d[E]own the road
It's [B]all the same to me
And the [A]summer day make a [B]white man [E]lazy
[E]He sits on his [B]porch killing [E6]time
But the s[Bm]ummer day make a[F#m] nigger feel[A] crazy[E]
[Bm]Might make me do s[F#m]omething out of li[E]ne[B]
(all in barre chords)
But if [C#m]you should see my [A]wife
Tell her that I [E]won't be ho[B]me tonight
So d[C#m]on't leave on t[A]he light
[E] I got a little business down the [A]road
And [C#m]If I'm dead by [A]sunrise
Kiss my [E]baby girl for [B]me
It ain?[E]?t life if it ai[A]n't free
I [C#m]got a mighty [B]burden to [E6]unload
The song is played with capo on 2nd fret.
IMPORTANT:
- B is played like this (6th to 1st string): x214xx
- E6 is a normal E major actually, but you have to add some pull-offs from the
2nd fret on the B string. Like this:
e ------0-------|
B --------2p0---|
G ------------1-|
D --2-----------|
A --------------|
E 0---0---------|
Well, the [E]summer day make a [B]white man [E6]lazy
[A] [B] [E6]
Well, [A]all I've ever [E]known is poor
[F#m]Owe my skin to the [E]country store
Don?[F#m]?t own my walls, [E]my roof, my door
But [B]he tells me I'm free
[A] But I fight the [E]will to live
[F#m]Hell might take but [E]heaven gives
It's the [F#m]only one so [E]I'll forgive
And [B]Im not the one to grieve
And the [E]summer day make a [B]white man [E6]lazy
[E]He sits on his por[B]ch killing [E6]time
I [A]gotta work to [E]feed my wife and [A]baby
I [E]work so god damn [B]hard that it's a [E]crime
Well, [A]I went down to the [E]polling place
The [F#m]white men there just lau[E]ghed in my face
Saying [F#m]boy, this ain't [E]no nigger's race
You [B]best get on your way
Sir, [A]I believe I've [E]got the right
Said you [F#m]ain't got nothing [E]if you ain't white
And I [F#m]thought I said get [E]out of sight
Well, [B]what was I to say?
And the [E]summer day make a [B]white man [E6]lazy
[E]He sits on his por[B]ch killing [E6]time
I [A]gotta work to [E]feed my wife and [A]baby
I [E]work so god damn [B]hard that it's a [E]crime
When [A]I was 'bout the [E]age of five
[F#m]Watched my daddy b[E]urned alive
The[F#m]y cut him low and the[E]y hung him high
[B]Swayin' in the breeze
[A] The last words I [E]heard him say
Be[F#m]fore they stole his [E]life that day
Was [F#m]forgive them lord, they've [E]gone astray
Now [B]take me to my knees
And the [E]summer day make a [B]white man l[E6]azy
[E]He sits on his por[B]ch killing [E6]time
But the s[Bm]ummer day make a[F#m] nigger feel[A] crazy[E]
[Bm]Might make me do s[F#m]omething out of li[E]ne[B]
Intermezzo:
[A] [B] [E]
[E] [B] [E]
[Bm] [F#m] [A] [E]
[Bm] [F#m] [E] [B]
Well, [A]I don't know bu[E]t I heard tell
Of a [F#m]furnace below a p[E]lace called hell
And [F#m]who would catch me [E]if I fell?
[B]Who would pray for me?
[A] But one thing I [E]see for sure
It's [F#m]hot as hell up [E]here I know
And the [F#m]devil lives right d[E]own the road
It's [B]all the same to me
And the [A]summer day make a [B]white man [E]lazy
[E]He sits on his [B]porch killing [E6]time
But the s[Bm]ummer day make a[F#m] nigger feel[A] crazy[E]
[Bm]Might make me do s[F#m]omething out of li[E]ne[B]
(all in barre chords)
But if [C#m]you should see my [A]wife
Tell her that I [E]won't be ho[B]me tonight
So d[C#m]on't leave on t[A]he light
[E] I got a little business down the [A]road
And [C#m]If I'm dead by [A]sunrise
Kiss my [E]baby girl for [B]me
It ain?[E]?t life if it ai[A]n't free
I [C#m]got a mighty [B]burden to [E6]unload
