Long Time Gone Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

DDaddy sits on the front porch swingin', lookin' out on a GvacDant Afield

 It used to be filled with burly tobacco now he knows it never Dwill

 My brother found work in Indiana, my sister's a nurse at the Gold Dfolks Ahome

 Momma's still cookin' too much for supper and me, I've been a long time Dgone

 Been a Glong Dtime Agone, no I Gain't hoed a Drow since I Adon't know when

ALong Dtime Ggone and it Aain't comin' back Dagain

DDelia plays that old church piano, sittin' out on her GdadDdy's Afarm

 She always thought that we'd be together, Lord, I never meant to do her Dharm

 Said she could heard me singin' in the choir, me I heard GanotDher Asong

 I caught wind and hit the road runnin' and Lord, I've been a long time Dgone

 Been a Glong Dtime Agone, Lord, I Gain't had a Dprayer since I Adon't know when

ALong Dtime Ggone and it Aain't comin' back aDgain E B E

 Now Cme, I went to Nashville, tryin' to be the big deal.

DPlayin' down on Broadway, gettin’ there the hard way

CLivin' from a tip jar, sleepin' in my car

DHockin’ my guitar, yeah I'm gonna be a Estar A

DNow me and Delia singin' every Sunday, watchin' the children and the GgarDden Agrow

 We listen to the radio to hear what's cookin' but the music ain’t got no Dsoul

 Now Dthey sound tired but they don't sound Haggard

 They got money but they Gdon't Dhave ACash,

 They got AJunior but they don’t have Hank

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

GLong Dtime Agone, no I Gain't hit the Droof since I Adon't know when

ALong Dtime Ggone and it Aain't comin' back..

 I said a Glong Dtime Agone, no I Gain’t honked a Dhorn since I Adon’t know when

ALong Dtime Ggone and it Aain’t comin’ back agaDin

 I said a long time, long time, long time Agone, oh it’s been a long time

DLong time, long time, long time Agone

 Oh it's been a long time Dgone

 Long time, long time, long time Agone. Yeah, yeahD.