D0 0Daddy sits on the front porch swingin', G1 D2 A3 1lookin' out on a vacant field 2 3It used to be filled with burly tobacco D4 4now he knows it never will 5 6My brother found work in Indiana, G5 D6 A7 7my sister's a nurse at the old folks home 8 9Momma's still cookin' too much for D8 10supper and me, I've been a long time gone 11 12 G9 D10 A11 G12 D13 A14 13Been a long time gone, no I ain't hoed a row since I don't know when A15 D16 G17 A18 D19 14Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again 15 16 D20 G21 D22 A23 17Delia plays that old church piano, sittin' out on her daddy's farm D24 18She always thought that we'd be together, Lord, I never meant to do her harm G25 D26 A27 19Said she could heard me singin' in the choir, me I heard another song D28 20I caught wind and hit the road runnin' and Lord, I've been a long time gone 21 22 G29 D30 A31 G32 D33 A34 23Been a long time gone, Lord, I ain't had a prayer since I don't know when A35 D36 G37 A38 D39 E40 B41 E42 24Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again 25 26 C43 27Now me, I went to Nashville, tryin' to be the big deal. D44 28Playin' down on Broadway, gettin’ there the hard way C45 29Livin' from a tip jar, sleepin' in my car D46 E47 A48 30Hockin’ my guitar, yeah I'm gonna be a star 31 32 D49 G50 D51 A52 33Now me and Delia singin' every Sunday, watchin' the children and the garden grow D53 34We listen to the radio to hear what's cookin' but the music ain’t got no soul D54 35Now they sound tired but they don't sound Haggard G55 D56 A57 36They got money but they don't have Cash, A58 37They got Junior but they don’t have Hank 38 39I think, I think, I think the rest is a... 40 41 G59 D60 A61 G62 D63 A64 42Long time gone, no I ain't hit the roof since I don't know when A65 D66 G67 A68 43Long time gone and it ain't comin' back.. G69 D70 A71 G72 D73 A74 44I said a long time gone, no I ain’t honked a horn since I don’t know when A75 D76 G77 A78 D79 45Long time gone and it ain’t comin’ back again 46 47 A80 48I said a long time, long time, long time gone, oh it’s been a long time D81 A82 49Long time, long time, long time gone D83 50Oh it's been a long time gone A84 D85 51Long time, long time, long time gone. Yeah, yeah.