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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DGDA 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 GDA 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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...
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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.