Long Time Gone
2000
usDarrel Scott
5 chords used in this song
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E|--03------3 --03------
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A|---5-55---- ---5-----
E|-57----7575 -57-75653
Daddy sits on the front porch swingin'
Lookin' out on a  vacant field
It used to be filled with burly t’bacca now he knows it never will
My brother found work in Indiana
My sister's a nurse at the old folks home
Momma's still cookin' too much for supper and me I've been a long time gone
Been a long time gone
No I ain't hoed a row since I don't know when
Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again
   G                 D
A|----022020- ----02320-
E|--03------3 --03------
C|-2--------- -2--------
Delia plays that old church piano
Sittin' out on her daddy's farm
She always thought that we'd be together Lord I never meant to do her harm
Said she could heard me singin' in the choir
Me I heard another song
I got wind and hit the road runnin' and Lord I've been a long time gone
Been a long time gone
No I ain't had a prayer since I don't know when
Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again
Instrumental x2
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E|-02-------- -02------

                      A
A|---7-77---- ---7-----
E|-79----9797 -79-97875
Now me I went to Nashville tryin' to be the big deal
Playin' down on Broadway gettin' there the hard way
Livin' from a tip jar sleepin' in my car
Hockin' my guitar yeah I'm gonna be a star 
Now me and Delia singin' every Sunday
Watchin' the garden and the children 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 don't have Cash
They got Junior but they don't have Hank I think I think I think the rest is...
long time gone
No I ain't honked a horn since I  don't know when
Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again
I said a long time gone
No I ain't honked a horn since I  don't know when
Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again
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