Long Time Gone

	  		 
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verse 1 
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Now, daddy sits onna front porch swingin', lookin' out on a vacant field 
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Used to be filled with burly tobacco, now he knows it never will 
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Brother found work in Indiana, sister's a nurse at the old folks home 
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Mama's still cookin' too much for supper and me, I've been a long time gone 

 
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Yeah, long time gone, no I ain't hoed a row since I don't know when 
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Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again 


verse 2 
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Now, Delia plays that old church piana, sittin' out on her daddy's farm 
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She always thought we'd be together, Lord, I never meant to do her harm 
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Said she could hear me singin' in the choir, me I heard another song 
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I got wind and hit the road runnin' and Lord, I've been a long time gone 


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Yeah, long time gone, Lord, I ain't had a prayer since I don't know when 
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Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again 


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Bridge 
    F 
Now me, I went to Nashville, tryin' to be the big deal 
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Playin' down on Broadway, gettin' there the hard way 
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Livin' from a tip jar, sleepin' in my car 
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Hockin' my guitar, yeah I'm gonna be a star 

verse 3 
     G 
Now, me and Delia sing every Sunday 
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Watchin' the garden and the children grow 
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We listen to the radio to hear what's cookin' but the music ain't got no soul 
    G 
Ah, they sound tired but they don't sound Haggard 
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They got money but they don't have Cash 
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They got Junior but they don't have Hank 
  D7 
I think, I think, I think, the rest is a 

 
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Long time gone, yeah, I ain't honked a horn since I don't know when 
D    G    C           D 
Long time gone and it ain't comin' back, I said a 
C    G    D             C             G            D 
Long time gone, well, I ain't hit the roof since I don't know when 
D    G    C           D 
Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again 


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Yeah, long time, long time, long time gone 
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Gone, gone           .. talkin' 'bout 
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Long time, long time, long time gone 
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Gone, gone (It's been a very, very long time) 
      G        G        G    C    D 
Well, long time, long time, long time gone 

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