Long Time Gone

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

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

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

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

[Break]
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[Bridge]
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Now me, I went to Nashville, tryin' 
to be the big deal
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Playin' down on Broadway, gettin' 
there the hard way
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Livin' from a tip jar, sleepin' in 
my car
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Hockin' my guitar, yeah I'm gonna 
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be a star

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

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

[Break]
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Yeah, long time, long time, long 
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time gone
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Gone, gone           .. talkin' 
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'bout
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Long time, long time, long time gone
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Gone, gone (It's been a very, very
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 long time)
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Well, long time, long time, long 
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time gone