[Intro] (x2)

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[Verse]

             
Daddy sits on 

              
the front porc

              
h swingin', lo

              
okin' out on a

      
 vacant field
              
It used to be 

              
filled with bu

              
rly tobacco, n

              
ow he knows it

       
 never will
              
My brother fou

              
nd work in Ind

              
iana, my siste

              
r's a nurse at

            
 the old folks

 
 home
              
Momma's still 

              
cookin' too mu

              
ch for supper 

              
and me, I've b

              
een a long tim

  
e gone


[Chorus]

            
Been a long ti

             
me gone, no I 

            
ain't hoed a r

           
ow since I don

't know when
           
Long time gone

             
 and it ain't 

            
comin' back ag

ain


[Break]

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[Verse]

             
Delia plays th

              
at old church 

              
piano, sittin'

             
 out on her da

     
ddy's farm
              
She always tho

              
ught that we'd

              
 be together, 

              
Lord, I never 

              
meant to do he

  
r harm
              
Said she could

              
 heard me sing

              
in' in the cho

              
ir, me I heard

       
 another song
              
I caught wind 

              
and hit the ro

              
ad runnin' and

              
 Lord, I've be

              
en a long time

 
 gone


[Chorus]

            
Been a long ti

             
me gone, Lord,

             
 I ain't had a

             
 prayer since 

  
I don't know w

hen
           
Long time gone

             
 and it ain't 

             
comin' back ag

ain


[Break] (x2)

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[Bridge]

    
Now me, I went

 to Nashville,

 tryin' to be 

the big deal

Playin' down o

n Broadway, ge

ttin' there th

e hard way

Livin' from a 

tip jar, sleep

in' in my car
             
Hockin' my gui

              
tar, yeah I'm 

             
gonna be a sta

   
r


[Verse]

             
Now me and Del

              
ia singin' eve

              
ry Sunday, wat

              
chin' the chil

             
dren and the g

     
arden grow
              
We listen to t

              
he radio to he

              
ar what's cook

              
in' but the mu

              
sic ain't got 

   
no soul
    
Now they sound

 tired but the

y don't sound 

Haggard
              
They got money

             
 but they don'

      
t have Cash,
         
They got Junio

r but they don

't have Hank

I think, I think, I think the rest is a...


[Chorus]

           
Long time gone

             
, no I ain't h

             
it the roof si

      
nce I don't kn

ow when
           
Long time gone

        
 and it ain't 

comin' back...
             
I said a long 

            
time gone, no 

             
I ain't honked

             
 a horn since 

  
I don't know w

hen
           
Long time gone

             
 and it ain't 

              
comin' back ag

 
ain

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I said a long 

              
time, long tim

             
e, long time g

one, oh it's b

een a long tim

e
             
Long time, lon

              
g time, long t

    
ime gone
              
Oh it's been a

           
 long time gon

e
              
Long time, lon

              
g time, long t

             
ime gone. Yeah

      
, yeah.

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