Dad dy sits on the front porch pi swing in’, look in’ out on a va cant field.

She Used to be filled with bur ly to bac co, now he knows er it to nev er will.

My broth er found work in In in’ di an a, my sis ter’s a nurse at the old (D)folk’s (A)home.

Ma ma’s still cook in’ too much for sup per and me, I’ve been a long time (D)gone.

Been a (G)long (D)time gone.

No, I (G)ain’t hoed a (D)row since I (A)don’t know when.

Long (D)time gone

and it ain’t com in’ back a gain.

De lia plays that the old church pi an o sit tin’ out on her dad dy’s farm.

She al to ways thought that we’d be to geth er.

Lord, I nev er meant to do her harm.

My Said she could hear me sing in’ in the choir.

my Me I a heard an the oth (D)er (A)song.

I ma’s caught wind and hit the road run nin’ and, Lord, I’ve been a long time (D)gone.

Been a (G)long (D)time gone.

Lord, I (G)ain’t had a (D)prayer since I (A)don’t know when.

Long (D)time gone

and it ain’t com in’ back a gain.

com in’ back a gain.

Now, me, I went to Nash ville, try’n’ to be the big deal, (D)play in’ down on Broad way, get tin’ there the hard way, (C)liv in’ from a tip jar, sleep in’ in my car, (D)hock in’ my gui tar.

Yeah, I’m gon na be a star.

Now, me and De lia sing in’ ev ’ry Sun day, watch in’ the chil dren and the (G)gar (D)den (A)grow.

We lis ten to the ra di o to hear what’s cook in’, but the mu sic ain’t got no soul.

Now they sound tired, but they don’t sound Hag gard, they got mon ey, but they (G)don’t (D)have (A)Cash.

They got Jun ior, but they don’t have Hank.

I think, I think, I think the rest is a (G)long (D)time gone.

No, I (G)ain’t hit the (D)roof since I (A)don’t know when.

Long (D)time gone

and it ain’t com in’ back.

I said a (G)long (D)time gone.

No, I (G)ain’t honked the (D)horn since I (A)don’t know when.

Long (D)time gone

and it ain’t com in’ back a gain.

I said a long time, a long time, long time (A)gone.

Oh, it’s been a long time.

Long time, long time, long time gone.

Oh, it’s been a long

time

(D)gone.

Long time, long time, long time gone,

yeah.