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.