Hundred and Fifteen In The Shade
by- Verne Garrison
February 13, 2008-Valley Park, Mo
Key of D Banjo tuned to D
Slow to moderate tempo
Hundred and Fifteen In The Shade
D G D
Hundred fifteen degrees in the shade
A
Section boss on the Illinois Central line
D G D
Those switch-ties , how they weighed
A D
Laying railroad track and keeping time
G D
One hundred fifteen in the shade
A
Heavy sweat, salt piled on shoulder straps
D G D
Drive those spikes to rails layed
A D
Never a breeze, red bandana flaps
G D
Shiny, sweaty arm muscles from swinging the sledge
A
Each step forward, our bodies paid
D G D
Losing track of time to the pounding sound
A D
Another days work, hundred fifteen in the shade
D G D
Yes, hundred fifteen in the shade
A
Oh how our bodies paid
D G D
Fighting hundred fifteen in the shade
G D
Straighten up, hold above your head, your hat
A D breeze
Straighten up, get a little of that ----
G D
Hundred fifteen in the shade