Tom: D
Introdução:
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Daddy sits on the front porch swingin', lookin' out on a vacant field
D
It used to be filled with burly tobacco now he knows it never will
G D A
My brother found work in Indiana, my sister's a nurse at the old folks
home
D
Momma's still cookin' too much for supper and me, I've been a long time
gone
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Been a long time gone, no I ain't hoed a row since I don't know when
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Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again
Delia plays that old church piano, sittin' out on her daddy's farm
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Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again
C
Now me, I went to Nashville, tryin' to be the big deal
D
Playin' down on Broadway, gettin' there the hard way
C
Livin' from a tip jar, sleepin' in my car
D E A
Hockin' my guitar, yeah I'm gonna be a star
Now me and Delia singin' every Sunday, watchin' the children and the
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Long time gone, no I ain't hit the roof since I don't know when
A D G A
Long time gone and it ain't comin' back..
G D A G D A
I said a long time gone, no I ain't honked a horn since I don't know
when
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Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again
A
I said a long time, long time, long time gone, oh it's been a long time
D A
Long time, long time, long time gone
D
Oh it's been a long time gone... Long time, long time, long time gone.
Yeah, yeah