[G] Daddy sits on the front porch swingin' lookin' out on a [C] vac[G]ant [D] field

It used to be filled with burly t’bacca now he knows it never [G] will

My brother found work in Indiana my sister's a nurse at the [C] old [G] folks [D] home

Momma's still cookin' too much for supper and me I've been a long time [G] gone

Been a [C] long [G] time [D] gone

No I [C] ain't hoed a [G] row since I [D] don't know when

[D] Long [G] time [C] gone and it [D] ain't comin' back a[G]gain

[G] Delia plays that old church piano sittin' out on her [C] da[G]ddy's [D] farm

She always thought that we'd be together Lord I never meant to do her [G] harm

Said she could heard me singin' in the choir me I heard a[C]no[G]ther [D] song

I caught wind and hit the road runnin' and Lord I've been a long time [G] gone

Been a [C] long [G] time [D] gone

Lord I [C] ain't had a [G] prayer since I [D] don't know when

[D] Long [G] time [C] gone and it [D] ain't comin' back a[G]gain

Instrumental: [A] [A] [A] [D] [A] [E7] [E7] [E7] [[E7] [A] x 2

Now [F] me I went to Nashville tryin' to be the big deal

[G] Playin' down on Broadway gettin' there the hard way

[F] Livin' from a tip jar sleepin' in my car

[G] Hockin' my guitar yeah I'm gonna be a [A] star [D]

Now [G] me and Delia singin' every Sunday

Watchin' the children and the [C] gar[G]den [D] grow

We listen to the radio to hear what's cookin' but the music ain't got no [G] soul

Now they sound tired but they don't sound Haggard

They got money but they [C] don't [G] have [D] Cash

They got Junior but they don't have Hank I think I think I think the rest is a...

[C] Long [G] time [D] gone no I [C] ain't hit the [G] roof since I [D] don't know when

[D] Long [G] time [C] gone and it [D] ain't comin' back a[G] gain

I said a [C] long [G] time [D] gone

No I [C] ain't honked a [G] horn since I [D] don't know when

[D] Long [G] time [C] gone and it [D] ain't comin' back a[G]gain