[D]Daddy sits on the front porch swingin',
lookin' out on a vacant[G]vacant fi[D]field [A]
It used to be filled with burly tobacco
now he knows it never [D]will
My brother found work in Indiana,
my sister's a nurse at the [G]old [D]folks [A]home
Momma's still cookin' too much for
supper and me, I've been a long time [D]gone
Been a [G]long [D]time [A]gone, no I [G]ain't hoed a [D]row since I [A]don't know when
[A]Long [D]time [G]gone and it [A]ain't comin' back [D]again
[D]Delia plays that old church piano, sittin' out on her [G]dad[D]daddy's [A]farm
She always thought that we'd be together, Lord, I never meant to do her [D]harm
Said she could heard me singin' in the choir, me I heard [G]anot[D]another [A]song
I caught wind and hit the road runnin' and Lord, I've been a long time [D]gone
Been a [G]long [D]time [A]gone, Lord, I [G]ain't had a [D]prayer since I [A]don't know when
[A]Long [D]time [G]gone and it [A]ain't comin' back a[D]again [E] [B] [E]
Now [C]me, I went to Nashville, tryin' 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 [E]star [A]
[D]Now me and Delia singin' every Sunday, watchin' the children and the [G]gar[D]garden [A]grow
We listen to the radio to hear what's cookin' but the music ain’t got no [D]soul
Now [D]they sound tired but they don't sound Haggard
They got money but they [G]don't [D]have [A]Cash,
They got [A]Junior but they don’t have Hank
I think, I think, I think the rest is a...
[G]Long [D]time [A]gone, no I [G]ain't hit the [D]roof since I [A]don't know when
[A]Long [D]time [G]gone and it [A]ain't comin' back..
I said a [G]long [D]time [A]gone, no I [G]ain’t honked a [D]horn since I [A]don’t know when
[A]Long [D]time [G]gone and it [A]ain’t comin’ back aga[D]again
I said a long time, long time, long time [A]gone, oh it’s been a long time
[D]Long time, long time, long time [A]gone
Oh it's been a long time [D]gone
Long time, long time, long time [A]gone. Yeah, yeah[D]yeah.
