Long Time Gone Chords by Neighbours & Friends

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_ _ [F] _ _ Daddy's sitting on the front porch swinging, looking out on the [C] vacant field
He used to be filled with early tobacco, now he knows that he never [F] will
My brother's found work in Indiana, his sister's in her Zambian [C] folks home
Mama's still cooking too much for something yummy, I've been a [F] long time gone
Been a long [C] time gone
And I ain't on the [C] road since I don't know when
[F] Long time gone
[C] And it ain't coming [F] back again _ _ _ _ _
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[F] _ _ Dear, yet place that old turnt piano sitting out on her [C] daddy's farm
She always thought that we'd be together, but I never meant to [F] do her harm
She said she could hear me singing in the choir, me I've heard [C] another song
I caught wind and hit the road a-running, oh lord I've been a [F] long time gone
[Bb] Been a long [C] time gone
And I [F] ain't on the road since I don't know when
Long time [Bb] gone
And it ain't coming back again
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_ _ [G] _ [Eb] Now me up in Nashville, trying to make the big [F] deal
Driving up the highway, getting the highway
[Eb] Leaving from the tip-toe, sleeping in my car
[F] Roofed on my guitar, yeah I'm gonna [G] be a star _ _
_ [C] _ _ Now [F] me and dear just singing every Sunday
Watching the children in the [C] garden grow
Listen to the radio, hear Walter cooking
But the music ain't got [F] no soul
They sound tired, but they don't sound haggard
They got money, but they don't [C] have cash
They got Junior, but they don't have Hank
And I thank, I thank, I thank the rest [F] is a long [C] time gone
And I ain't hit the [C] road since I don't know when
Long [Bb] time gone
[C] And it ain't coming back [F] again
I said it's a long [C] time gone
And I ain't [F] on the [C] horn since I don't know when
[F] Long time gone
[C] And it ain't coming [F] back again _ _ _
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