Long Time Gone

Daddy sits on the front porch pi swingin',

lookin' out on a vacant field.

She Used to be filled with burly tobacco,

now he knows er it to never will.

My brother found work in In in' diana,

my sister's a nurse at the old folk's (A)home.

Mama's still cookin' too much for supper and me,

I've been a long time (D)gone.

Been a (G)long (D)time gone.

No, I (G)ain't hoed a (D)row since I (A)don't know when.

Long (D)time gone

and it ain't comin' back again.

(D)Delia plays that the old church pi ano sittin' out on her daddy's farm.

She al to ways thought that we'd be together.

Lord, I never meant to do her harm.

My Said she could hear me sing in' in the choir.

my Me I a heard an the other (A)song.

I ma's caught wind and hit the road runnin' and,

Lord, I've been a long time (D)gone.

Been a (G)long (D)time gone.

Lord, I (G)ain't had a (D)prayer since I (A)don't know when.

Long (D)time gone

and it ain't comin' back again.

(A)comin' back (D)again.

(E)Now, me, I went to Nashville,

try'n' 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)hockin' my guitar.

Yeah, I'm gonna be a star.

(A)Now, me and Delia singin' ev'ry Sunday,

watchin' the children and the (G)(D)garden (A)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 (G)don't (D)have (A)Cash.

They got Junior, but they don't have Hank.

I think, I think,

I think the rest is a (G)long (D)time gone.

No, I (G)ain't hit the (D)roof since I (A)don't know when.