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Daddy sits on the front porch swinging, looking out on a vacant
A field.
Used to be filled with burly tobacco, now he
D knows it never will.
Brother found work in Indiana, sisters and nurse at the
A old folks' home.
Mom's still cooking too much for supper and me, I've been a
D long time
G gone.
Been
D a long
A time gone.
G No,
D I ain't hold
A a roll since I don't know when.
D G Long time gone.
And
A it ain't
D coming back _ again.
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D Hey, hey.
Delia plays that old church piano, sitting out on her
A daddy's farm.
She always thought that with me together, Lord, I never meant to do her
Dm harm.
D Said she could hear me singing in the choir, me, I heard
A another song.
I caught wind and hit the
Am road running, Lord,
B I've been a
D long time gone.
G Been a
D long
A time gone.
G Lord, I
D ain't had a
A purse since I don't know when.
D Long
G time gone.
A And it ain't coming
D back again.
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G C Now me, I went to Nashville, trying to beat the
D big deal.
Playing down on Broadway,
G getting that heart
C away.
Living from a tip jar, sleeping in
D my car.
I'm rocking my guitar, yeah, I'm gonna
E be a star.
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D Now me and Delia
A singing every
D Sunday, watching
G the children
A in the garden grow.
F# Listen to the radio to hear
A what's cooking,
D but the music ain't got no soul.
Now they sound tired, but they don't sound haggard.
They got money, but they
A don't have cash.
They got a junior, but they don't have paint.
I think, I think, I
G think.
The rest is a
D long
A time gone.
G No,
D I ain't hit
A the roof since I don't know when.
D Long
G time gone.
A And it ain't coming
G back, I said,
D A long time
G gone.
No,
D I ain't
A popped a porn since I don't know when.
D G Long time gone.
And
A it ain't coming back
D again.
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Said a long time, a long time, a
A long time gone.
Oh, it's been a long time.
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Long time, long time, long
A time gone.
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D Time gone.
Long time, long time, long
A time gone.
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