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---------| E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1) E6Well, (04xxxx@1)the summer day make a white man lazy A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)E6 (04xxxx@1) A (x02220@1) EWell, (022100@1)all I've ever known is poor F#m (244222@1) EOwe (022100@1)my skin to the country store F#m (244222@1) EDon't (022100@1)own my walls, my roof, my door BBut (x2444x@1)he tells me I'm free A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) But I fight the will to live F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1)Hell might take but heaven gives F#m (244222@1) EIt's (022100@1)the only one so I'll forgive B (x2444x@1) And Im not the one to grieve E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1) E6And (04xxxx@1)the summer day make a white man lazy E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1) E6He (04xxxx@1)sits on his porch killing time A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) I gotta work to feed my wife and baby E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1) E (022100@1)I work so god damn hard that it's a crime A (x02220@1) EWell, (022100@1)I went down to the polling place F#m (244222@1) EThe (022100@1)white men there just laughed in my face F#m (244222@1) ESaying (022100@1)boy, this ain't no nigger's race BYou (x2444x@1)best get on your way A (x02220@1) ESir, (022100@1)I believe I've got the right F#m (244222@1) ESaid (022100@1)you ain't got nothing if you ain't white F#m (244222@1) EAnd (022100@1)I thought I said get out of sight BWell, (x2444x@1)what was I to say? E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1) E6And (04xxxx@1)the summer day make a white man lazy E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1) E6He (04xxxx@1)sits on his porch killing time A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) I gotta work to feed my wife and baby E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1) E (022100@1)I work so god damn hard that it's a crime A (x02220@1) EWhen (022100@1)I was 'bout the age of five F#m (244222@1) EWatched (022100@1)my daddy burned alive F#m (244222@1) EThey (022100@1)cut him low and they hung him high BSwayin' (x2444x@1)in the breeze A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)The last words I heard him say F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1) Before they stole his life that day F#m (244222@1) EWas (022100@1)forgive them lord, they've gone astray B (x2444x@1) Now take me to my knees E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1) E6And (04xxxx@1)the summer day make a white man lazy E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1) E6He (04xxxx@1)sits on his porch killing time Bm (x24432@1) F#m (244222@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) But the summer day make a nigger feel crazy Bm (x24432@1) F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1) BMight (x2444x@1)make me do something out of line Intermezzo: A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1) EE B (x2444x@1) EBm F#m (244222@1)A (x02220@1) EBm F#m (244222@1)E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1) A (x02220@1) EWell, (022100@1)I don't know but I heard tell F#m (244222@1) EOf (022100@1)a furnace below a place called hell F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1)And who would catch me if I fell? BWho (x2444x@1)would pray for me? A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) But one thing I see for sure F#m (244222@1) EIt's (022100@1)hot as hell up here I know F#m (244222@1) EAnd (022100@1)the devil lives right down the road BIt's (x2444x@1)all the same to me A (x02220@1) B (x2444x@1) EAnd (022100@1)the summer day make a white man lazy E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1) E6He (04xxxx@1)sits on his porch killing time Bm (x24432@1) F#m (244222@1) A (x02220@1) E (022100@1) But the summer day make a nigger feel crazy Bm (x24432@1) F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1) BMight (x2444x@1)make me do something out of line (all in barre chords) C#m (x13321@4) ABut (x02220@1)if you should see my wife E (022100@1) BTell (x2444x@1)her that I won't be home tonight C#m (x13321@4) ASo (x02220@1)don't leave on the light E (022100@1) A (x02220@1) I got a little business down the road C#m (x13321@4) A (x02220@1)And If I'm dead by sunrise E (022100@1) BKiss (x2444x@1)my baby girl for me E (022100@1) AIt (x02220@1)ain't life if it ain't free C#m (x13321@4) B (x2444x@1) E6I (04xxxx@1)got a mighty burden to unload