The Chicks (formerly Dixie Chicks) is an American country music trio which has also crossed over into other genres. Formed in 1989 in Dallas, Texas, the band is composed of founding members (and sisters) Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Erwin Robison, and lead singer Natalie Maines. The trio is currently ranked as the highest-selling female musical group in the USA, according to RIAA Gold & Platinum album certifications. As of 2012, The Chicks had won 13 Grammy Awards.
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D Daddy sits on the front porch swingin',
GDA lookin' out on a vacant field
It used to be filled with burly tobacco
D now he knows it never will
My brother found work in Indiana,
GDA my sister's a nurse at the old folks home
Momma's still cookin' too much for
D supper and me, I've been a long time gone
GDAGDA Been a long time gone, no I ain't hoed a row since I don't know when
ADGAD Long time gone and it ain't comin' back again
DGDA 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
GDA 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
GDAGDA Been a long time gone, Lord, I ain't had a prayer since I don't know when
ADGADEBE 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
DEA Hockin’ my guitar, yeah I'm gonna be a star
DGDA 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
GDA 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...
GDAGDA Long time gone, no I ain't hit the roof since I don't know when
ADGA Long time gone and it ain't comin' back..
GDAGDA I said a long time gone, no I ain’t honked a horn since I don’t know when
ADGAD 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
DA Long time, long time, long time gone
D Oh it's been a long time gone
AD Long time, long time, long time gone. Yeah, yeah.