Tim O'Brien and Darrell Scott - Long Time Gone Chords

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_ Daddy sits on the front porch swinging, looking out on [D] a vacant field.
Used to be filled with burl and abaca, now he knows it [G] never will.
_ Brothers found work in Indiana, sisters a nurse at the [D] old folks home.
Mama still cooking too much to suffer me, I've [G] been a long time gone.
[C] Been a [G] long [D] time gone.
[G] Ain't hold a [D] roll since I don't know when.
[G] Long [C] time gone.
[D] And it ain't coming [G] back again.
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[D] _ [G] Now, New Year plays at old church Vienna, sitting out on [D] her daddy's farm.
She always thought we'd be together, thought I never [C] meant to do [G] her harm.
If she could hear me singing in the choir, me I [D] heard another song.
I got wind and hit the road running, [G] Lord I've been a long time gone.
Been a long [D] time gone.
[G] I ain't had a prayer [D] since I don't know when.
[G] Long [C] time gone.
[D] And it ain't coming back [G] again.
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[A] _ _ _ [D] [F] Now me, I went to Nashville trying to be the [G] big deal, playing down on Broadway.
Getting [C] down the hard [F] way, living from a tip jar.
Sleeping in my [G] car, locking my guitar.
Yeah, I'm going to [F#m] be a star. _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] Now me and dear, you sing every Sunday, watching the garden and the children [D] grow.
We listen to the radio to hear what's cooking, but the music ain't got [G] no soul.
They sound tired, but they don't sound haggard.
They got money, but they [D] don't have cash.
They got Junior, but they don't have Hank.
I crank, I crank, I crank.
The [G] rest is a long [D] time gone.
[G] Lord, I ain't honked a [D] horn since I don't know when.
[G] Long [C] time gone.
[D] And it ain't coming back [G] again.
[D] Lord, I [G] ain't honked a horn since [D] I don't know when.
[G] Long time [C] gone.
And [D] it ain't coming back [G] again.
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[D] Yeah, _ _ _ _ _ [G] yeah, yeah.
And it's been a long time, a long time, [D] a long time gone.
Lord, it's been a long time. _ _ _
[G] _ It's been a long time, long time, a [D] long time gone.
Lord, it's been a long, _ _ _ _
[G] long.
It's been a long time, long time, a [D] long time gone.
Yeah, yeah
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