The Chicks (Dixie Chicks) – Long Time Gone (Guitar)

Drop A (A-E-A-D-F#-B)
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[Intro] (x2) | D | D | D | G D A | | A | A | A | D | [Verse]
D                                                        G  D   A
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
[Chorus]
       G    D    A          G            D           A
Been a long time gone, 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
[Break] | D | D | D | G D A | | A | A | A | D | [Verse]
D                                                     G  D    A
Delia plays that old church piano, sittin' out on her daddy's farm

                                                                        D
She always thought that we'd be together, Lord, I never meant to do her harm

                                                         G   D   A
Said she could heard me singin' in the choir, me I heard another song

                                                                       D
I caught wind and hit the road runnin' and Lord, I've been a long time gone
[Chorus]
       G    D    A             G           D              A
Been a long time gone, Lord, I ain't had a prayer since I don't know when

A    D    G           A                  D
Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again
[Break] (x2) | E | E | E | A E B | | B | B | B | E | [Bridge]
    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
[Verse]
D                                                                    G  D   A
Now me and Delia singin' every Sunday, watchin' the children and the garden grow

                                                                         D
We listen to the radio to hear what's cookin' but the music ain't got no soul

    D
Now they sound tired but they don't sound Haggard

                        G     D    A
They got money but they don't have Cash,

         A
They got Junior but they don't have Hank
I think, I think, I think the rest is a... [Chorus]
G    D    A          G             D            A
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

A    D    G           A                    D
Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again
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                                         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

                                A               D
Long time, long time, long time gone. Yeah, yeah.
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