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Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net Alice Franceschini
Album:
Written by: Darrly Scott
LONG TIME GONE Dixie Chicks
Intro notes (melody of the verse)Listen to record for timing
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The bend riff b means to bend. Listen to record.
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D A
Daddy sits on the front porch swingin' Lookin' out on a vacant field
A A7 D bend riff
Use to be filled with Burlee tobacco Now he knows it never will
D A
Brother found work in Indiana Sister's a nurse at the old folks home
A
Mom's still cooking too much for supper
A7 D
And me, I've been a long time gone
G D A
Been a long time gone
G D A
No I ain't hoed a row since I don't know when
A D G A D
Long time gone And it ain't comin' back again
D A
Wilma plays that old church piana Sittin' out on her daddy's farm
A
She always thought that we'd be together
A7 D
Lord, I never meant to do her harm
D A
Said she could hear me singin' in the choir Me, I heard an-other song
A
I caught wind and hit the road runnin
A7 D
And Lord I've been a long time gone
G D A
Been a long time gone
G D A
Lord I ain't had a prayer since I don't know when
A D G D key change E
Long time gone And it ain't comin' back again -ain
Lead E B B7 E
C C
Now me I went to Nashville Tryin to be the big deal
D D
Headin' down Broadway Giving my heart away
C
Livin' from a tip jar Sleepin' in my car
D E back to original key A
Talking to ya I'm gonna be a star-are -are-are-are
D
Now me and Delia singin' every Sunday
D A
Watching the children in the garden grow
A
Listenin' to the radio they hear what's cookin'
A7 D
But the music ain't got no soul
D
Now they sound tire but don't sound haggard
D A
They've got money but they don't have cash
A
They've got Junior but they don't got Hank
A7
I think I think I think the rest is
G D A
Long time gone
G D A
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
I said long time gone
G D A
No I ain't chucked corn since I don't know when
A D G A D
Long time gone And it ain't comin' back a-gain
D A
I said long time long time long time gone
A D
Whoa it's been a long time
D A
Long time Long time long time gone
A D
Oh it's been a long - time - gone-one
D A Db slide to D
Long time long time long time Gone yeah
