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G |
Daddy sits on the front porch swingin’ |
| C | G | D |
Lookin’ out on a | vac | ant | field |
D |
It used to be filled with burly tobacco |
| G |
Now he knows it never | will |
G |
My brother found work in Indiana |
| C | G | D |
My sister’s a nurse at the | old | folks | home |
D |
Momma’s still cookin’ too much for supper |
| G |
And me, I’ve been a long time | gone |
| C | G | D |
Been a | long | time | gone |
| C | G | D |
No I | ain’t hoed a | row since I | don’t know when |
D | G | C | D | G |
Long | time | gone and it | ain’t comin’ back | again |
G |
Delia plays that old church piano |
| C | G | D |
Sittin’ out on her | dad | dy’s | farm |
D |
She always thought that we’d be together |
| G |
Lord, I never meant to do her | harm |
G |
Said she could heard me singin’ in the choir |
| C | G | D |
Me I heard | anot | her | song |
D |
I caught wind and hit the road runnin’ and |
| G |
Lord I’ve been a long time | gone |
| C | G | D |
Been a | long | time | gone |
| C | G | D |
Lord I | ain’t had a | prayer since I | don’t know when |
D | G | C | D | G |
Long | time | gone and it | ain’t comin’ back a | gain |
| F |
Now | me, I went to Nashville, tryin’ to be the big deal |
G |
Playin’ down on Broadway, gettin� there the hard way |
F |
Livin’ from a tip jar, sleepin’ in my car |
G | A | D |
Hockin� my guitar, yeah I’m gonna be a | star | |
| G |
Now | me and Delia singin’ every Sunday |
| C | G | D |
Watchin’ the children and the | gar | den | grow |
| D |
We | listen to the radio to hear what’s cookin’ |
| G |
But the music ain�t got no | soul |
| G |
Now | they sound tired but they don’t sound Haggard |
| C | G | D |
They got money but they | don’t | have | Cash |
| D |
They got | Junior but they don�t have Hank |
I think, I think, I think the rest is a
| C | G | D |
No I | ain’t hit the | roof since I | don’t know when |
D | G | C | D |
Long | time | gone and it | ain’t comin’ back |
| C | G | D |
I said a | long | time | gone |
| C | G | D |
No I | ain�t honked a | horn since I | don�t know when |
D | G | C | D | G |
Long | time | gone and it | ain�t comin� back aga | in |
| G | D |
I said a | long time, long time, long time | gone |
| G |
Oh it�s been a long time | |
G | D |
Long time, long time, long time | gone |
| G |
Oh it’s been a long... time... | gone |
G | D |
Long time, long time, long time | gone, yeah, yeah |