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) E (022100@1)name="chord_022100@1">E B (x2444x@1) E (022100@1)name="chord_x24432@1">Bm F#m (244222@1)A (x02220@1) E (022100@1)name="chord_x24432@1">Bm 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
