D (xx0232@1)                                                      G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1) ADaddy (x02220@1)sits on the front porch swingin', lookin' out on a vacant field
                                                              DIt (xx0232@1)used to be filled with burly tobacco now he knows it never will
                                                             G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)   AMy (x02220@1)brother found work in Indiana, my sister's a nurse at the old folks home
                                                                        D (xx0232@1)
Momma's still cookin' too much for supper and me, I've been a long time gone

       G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)         ABeen (x02220@1)a long time gone, no I ain't hoed a row since I don't know when
A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)               DLong (xx0232@1)time gone and it ain't comin' back again

D (xx0232@1)                                                   G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)  ADelia (x02220@1)plays that old church piano, sittin' out on her daddy's farm
                                                                        DShe (xx0232@1)always thought that we'd be together, Lord, I never meant to do her harm
                                                         G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) ASaid (x02220@1)she could heard me singin' in the choir, me I heard another song
                                                                       DI (xx0232@1)caught wind and hit the road runnin' and Lord, I've been a long time gone

       G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)    
Been a long time gone, Lord, I ain't had a prayer since I don't know when
A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)                D (xx0232@1)      E (022100@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B ELong (022100@1)time gone and it ain't comin' back again

    C (x32010@1)                       
Now me, I went to Nashville, tryin' to be the big deal.
DPlayin' (xx0232@1)down on Broadway, gettin' there the hard way
CLivin' (x32010@1)from a tip jar, sleepin' in my car
D (xx0232@1)                                    E (022100@1)   AHockin' (x02220@1)my guitar, yeah I'm gonna be a star

D (xx0232@1)                                                                  G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1) ANow (x02220@1)me and Delia singin' every Sunday, watchin' the children and the garden grow
                                                                         DWe (xx0232@1)listen to the radio to hear what's cookin' but the music ain't got no soul
    D (xx0232@1)                  
Now they sound tired but they don't sound Haggard
                        G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)They got money but they don't have Cash,
         AThey (x02220@1)got Junior but they don't have Hank

I think, I think, I think the rest is a...

G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)          ALong (x02220@1)time gone, no I ain't hit the roof since I don't know when
A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)          
Long time gone and it ain't comin' back.. 
         G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)I said a long time gone, no I ain't honked a horn since I don't know when
A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)                  D (xx0232@1)Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again

                                         A (x02220@1)   
I said a long time, long time, long time gone, oh it's been a long time
D (xx0232@1)                             A (x02220@1)
Long time, long time, long time gone
                         D (xx0232@1)                      
Oh it's been a long time gone
                                A (x02220@1)             DLong (xx0232@1)time, long time, long time gone. Yeah, yeah.