D5 G5 D5 A5 Daddy sits on the front porch swingin', lookin' out on a vacant field D5 It used to be filled with burly tobacco now he knows it never will G5 D5 A5 My brother found work in Indiana, my sister's a nurse at the old folks home D5 Momma's still cookin' too much for supper and me, I've been a long time gone G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5 Been a long time gone, no I ain't hoed a row since I don't know when A5 D5 G5 A5 D5 Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again Delia plays that old church piano, sittin' out on her daddy's farm She always thought that we'd be together, Lord, I never meant to do her harm Said she could heard me singin' in the choir, me I heard another song I caught wind and hit the road runnin' and Lord, I've been a long time gone Been a long time gone, Lord, I ain't had a prayer since I don't know when A5 D5 G5 A5 D5 E5 A5 E5 B5 E5 Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again C5 Now me, I went to Nashville, tryin' to be the big deal D5 Playin' down on Broadway, gettin' there the hard way C5 Livin' from a tip jar, sleepin' in my car D5 E5 A5 Hockin' my guitar, yeah I'm gonna be a star Now me and Delia singin' every Sunday, watchin' the children and the garden grow We listen to the radio to hear what's cookin' but the music ain't got no soul Now they sound tired but they don't sound Haggard They got money but they don't have Cash, They got Junior but they don't have Hank, I think, I think, I think the rest is a... G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5 Long time gone, no I ain't hit the roof since I don't know when A5 D5 G5 A5 Long time gone and it ain't comin' back.. G5 D5 A5 G5 D5 A5 I said a long time gone, no I ain't honked a horn since I don't know when A5 D5 G5 A5 D5 Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again A5 I said a long time, long time, long time gone, oh it's been a long time D5 A5 Long time, long time, long time gone D5 A5 D5 Oh it's been a long time gone... Long time, long time, long time gone. Yeah, yeah
