Long Time Gone

[Intro]
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[Pre-Verse]
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[Verse 1]
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Daddy sits on the front porch swinging
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Looking out on a va_cant field
Used to be filled with burley t'bacca
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Now he knows it never will
My brother found work in Indiana
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My sister's a nurse at the old  folks home
Mama's still cooking too much for supper
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And me, I've been a long time gone

[Chorus]
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Been a long time gone
No,
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I ain't hoed a row since I don't know when
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Long time gone,
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 and it ain't coming back again

[Pre-Verse]
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[Verse 2]
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Delia plays that ol' church piano
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Sittin' out on her dad_dy's farm
She always thought that we'd be together
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Lord, I never meant to do her harm
Said she could hear me singin' in the choir
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Me, I heard anoth_er__ song
I caught wind and hit the road runnin'
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And Lord, I've been a long time gone

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

[Violin Solo 1]
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[Bridge]
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 Now me, I went to Nashville
Tryin' to beat the big deal
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Playin' down on Broadway
Gettin' there the hard way
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Living from a tip jar
Sleeping in my car
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Hocking my guitar
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Yeah, I'm gonna be a star

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

[Chorus]
  G    D        A
A long time gone
No,
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I ain't hit the roof since I don't know when
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Long time gone, and it ain't coming back
         G    D        A
I said a long time gone
No,
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I ain't honked the horn since I don't know when
     D/F#
Long time gone,
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 and it ain't coming back again

[Vilolin Solo 2]
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          I said a long time, long time,
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long time gone

[Chorus]
Well, it's been a long time
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 Long time, long time, long time gone
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Oh, it's been a long time gone
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Long time, long time, long time gone
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Yeah, yeah

[Outro]
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