Long Time Gone chords by Darrell Scott

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott
Live version from "We're Usually A augmentedA Lot Better Than This"

Intro:
| G+G | G+G | G+G | C majorC G+G D MajorD . | D MajorD | D MajorD | D7D7 C majorC | G+G |

Verse 1:
   G+G                           C majorC G+G  D MajorD
Now, daddy sits onna front porch swingin', lookin' out on a vacant field
D MajorD                      D7D7    C majorC   G+G
Used to be filled with burly tobacco, now he knows it never will
G+G                           C majorC  G+G   D MajorD
Brother found work in Indiana, sister's a nurse at the old folks home
D MajorD                      D7D7       C majorC     G+G
Mama's still cookin' too much for supper and me, I've been a long time gone

Chorus 1:
   C majorC  G+G  D MajorD     C majorC      G+G      D MajorD
Yeah, long time gone, no I ain't hoed a row since I don't know when
D MajorD  G+G  C majorC      D MajorD        |G+G | G+G | G+G | C majorC G+G D MajorD . |
Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again

Verse 2:
   G+G                           C majorC G+G  D MajorD
Now, Delia plays that old church piana, sittin' out on her daddy's farm
D MajorD                      D7D7       C majorC   G+G
She always thought we'd be together, Lord, I never meant to do her harm
G+G                            C majorC G+G  D MajorD
Said she could hear me singin' in the choir, me I heard another song
D MajorD                    D7D7        C majorC     G+G
I got wind and hit the road runnin' and Lord, I've been a long time gone

Chorus 2:
   C majorC  G+G  D MajorD       C majorC      G+G       D MajorD
Yeah, long time gone, Lord, I ain't had a prayer since I don't know when
D MajorD  G+G  C majorC      D MajorD        |G+G   |
Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again

Break:
||: A augmentedA | A augmentedA | A augmentedA | D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE . | E MajorE | E MajorE | E7.. D MajorD | A augmentedA |
 | A augmentedA | A augmentedA | A augmentedA | D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE . | E MajorE | E MajorE | E7.. D MajorD | A augmentedA :||

Bridge:
  FF
Now me, I went to Nashville, tryin' to be the big deal
G+G
Playin' down on Broadway, gettin' there the hard way
FF
Livin' from a tip jar, sleepin' in my car
G+G                   |A augmentedA  | A augmentedA | D MajorD | D7D7 |
Hockin' my guitar, yeah I'm gonna be a star

Verse 3:
   G+G
Now, me and Delia sing every Sunday
G+G              C majorC  G+G  D MajorD
Watchin' the garden and the children grow
  D MajorD                               D7D7 C majorC G+G
We listen to the radio to hear what's cookin' but the music ain't got no soul
  G+G
Ah, they sound tired but they don't sound Haggard
G+G            C majorC   G+G  D MajorD
They got money but they don't have Cash
D MajorD                  D7D7
They got Junior but they don't have Hank
 D7D7
I think, I think, I think, the rest is a

Chorus 3:
C majorC  G+G  D MajorD       C majorC       G+G      D MajorD
Long time gone, yeah, I ain't honked a horn since I don't know when
D MajorD  G+G  C majorC      D MajorD
Long time gone and it ain't comin' back, I said a
C majorC  G+G  D MajorD       C majorC       G+G      D MajorD
Long time gone, well, I ain't hit the roof since I don't know when
D MajorD  G+G  C majorC      D MajorD
Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again

Break:
| G+G | G+G | G+G | C majorC G+G D MajorD . | D MajorD | D MajorD | D7D7 C majorC | G+G | (repeat 6x)

   G+G    G+G    G+G  C majorC  D MajorD
Yeah, long time, long time, long time gone
   |D MajorD  | D MajorD | D MajorD | G+G        |
Gone, gone      .. talkin' 'bout
G+G    G+G    G+G  C majorC  D MajorD
Long time, long time, long time gone
   |D MajorD        |D MajorD          |
Gone, gone (It's been a very, very long time)
   G+G    G+G    G+G  C majorC  D MajorD
Well, long time, long time, long time gone

| D MajorD | D MajorD | D7D7 C majorC | G+G |