| G | G | G | C G D . | D | D | D7 C | G |

[Verse 1]
     G                                                      C G    D
Now, daddy sits onna front porch swingin', lookin' out on a vacant field
D                                            D7       C     G
Used to be filled with burly tobacco, now he knows it never will
G                                                      C   G     D
Brother found work in Indiana, sister's a nurse at the old folks home
D                                            D7              C         G
Mama's still cookin' too much for supper and me, I've been a long time gone

[Chorus 1]
      C    G    D          C            G           D
Yeah, long time gone, no I ain't hoed a row since I don't know when
D    G    C           D               |G  | G | G | C G D . |
Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again

[Verse 2]
     G                                                     C  G    D
Now, Delia plays that old church piana, sittin' out on her daddy's farm
D                                            D7             C      G
She always thought we'd be together, Lord, I never meant to do her harm
G                                                        C G    D
Said she could hear me singin' in the choir, me I heard another song
D                                       D7                C         G
I got wind and hit the road runnin' and Lord, I've been a long time gone

[Chorus 2]
      C    G    D             C           G              D
Yeah, long time gone, Lord, I ain't had a prayer since I don't know when
D    G    C           D               |G      |
Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again

[Break]
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[Bridge]
    F
Now 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                                     |A   | A | D | D7 |
Hockin' my guitar, yeah I'm gonna be a star

[Verse 3]
     G
Now, me and Delia sing every Sunday
G                           C   G    D
Watchin' the garden and the children grow
   D                                                              D7  C  G
We listen to the radio to hear what's cookin' but the music ain't got no soul
    G
Ah, they sound tired but they don't sound Haggard
G                       C     G    D
They got money but they don't have Cash
D                                   D7
They got Junior but they don't have Hank
  D7
I think, I think, I think, the rest is a

[Chorus 3]
C    G    D             C              G            D
Long time gone, yeah, I ain't honked a horn since I don't know when
D    G    C           D
Long time gone and it ain't comin' back, I said a
C    G    D             C             G            D
Long time gone, well, I ain't hit the roof since I don't know when
D    G    C           D
Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again

[Break]
| G | G | G | C G D . | D | D | D7 C | G | (repeat 6x)

      G        G        G    C    D
Yeah, long time, long time, long time gone
     |D    | D | D | G               |
Gone, gone           .. talkin' 'bout
G        G        G    C    D
Long time, long time, long time gone
     |D                |D                    |
Gone, gone (It's been a very, very long time)
      G        G        G    C    D
Well, long time, long time, long time gone