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