Dixie Chicks - Long time gone

^DDaddy sits on the front porch swingin', lookin' out on a ^Gvac^Dant ^Afield It used to be filled with burly tobacco now he knows it never ^Dwill My brother found work in Indiana, my sister's a nurse at the ^Gold ^Dfolks ^Ahome Momma's still cookin' too much for supper and me, I've been a long time ^Dgone

Been a ^Glong ^Dtime ^Agone, no I ^Gain't hoed a ^Drow since I ^Adon't know when ^ALong ^Dtime ^Ggone and it ^Aain't comin' back ^Dagain

^DDelia plays that old church piano, sittin' out on her ^Gdad^Ddy's ^Afarm She always thought that we'd be together, Lord, I never meant to do her ^Dharm Said she could heard me singin' in the choir, me I heard ^Ganot^Dher ^Asong I caught wind and hit the road runnin' and Lord, I've been a long time ^Dgone

Been a ^Glong ^Dtime ^Agone, Lord, I ^Gain't had a ^Dprayer since I ^Adon't know when ^ALong ^Dtime ^Ggone and it ^Aain't comin' back a^Dgain ^{E B E}

Now ^Cme, I went to Nashville, tryin' to be the big deal. ^DPlayin' down on Broadway, gettin’ there the hard way ^CLivin' from a tip jar, sleepin' in my car ^DHockin’ my guitar, yeah I'm gonna be ^Ea star^A

^DNow me and Delia singin' every Sunday, watchin' the children and the ^Ggar^Dden ^Agrow We listen to the radio to hear what's cookin' but the music ain’t got n^Do soul Now ^Dthey sound tired but they don't sound Haggard They got money but they ^Gdon't ^Dhave ^ACash, They got ^AJunior but they don’t have Hank

^GLong ^Dtime ^Agone, no I ^Gain't hit the ^Droof since I ^Adon't know when ^ALong ^Dtime ^Ggone and it ^Aain't comin' back.. I said a ^Glong ^Dtime ^Agone, no I ^Gain’t honked ^Da horn since ^AI don’t know when ^ALong ^Dtime ^Ggone and it ^Aain’t comin’ back^D again

I said a long time, long time, long time ^Agone, oh it’s been a long time ^DLong time, long time, long time ^Agone Oh it's been a long time ^Dgone Long time, long time, long time ^Agone. Yeah, yeah^D.