Intro: G 

Verse (percussive down stroke with rake up holding on the 1) 
G 
Now every time I ask you where you gone 
G 
You wave bye bye and you blow your horn 
G 
You been ridin' around in your Cadillac 
G 
It feels like you're never ever comin' back 


[Refrão]
C                                   C 
You been gone so long 
G                                   G 
You been gone too long 
D 
You been gone so long 
C                          G                  D 
It feels like you're never comin' home 


Verse (percussive down stroke with rake up holding on the 1) 
G 
I need somebody who treats me right 
G 
Keeps me warm in my bed at night 
G 
I'll do anything, baby, that you ask me to 
G 
Just come right home, honey, when you're through 


[Refrão]
C                                   C 
You been gone so long 
G                                   G 
You been gone too long 
D 
You been gone so long 
C                          G                  D 
It feels like you're never comin' home 


Solo ( Straight 12 bar)  

G-G-G-G C-C G-G D C G C  x 2 (24 bars) 


Verse (percussive down stroke with rake up holding on the 1) 
G 
I drive all night and part of the day 
G 
All for the love of the blues I play 
G 
But the only thing that keeps me sane 
G 
Is drivin' down the Bayou in the pourin' rain, y'all 



[Refrão]
C                                   C 
You been gone so long 
G                                   G 
You been gone too long 
D 
You been gone so long 
C                          G                  D 
It feels like you're never comin' home 


Solo (Straight 12 bar)  

G-G-G-G C-C G-G D C G C  x 2 (24 bars) 

Outro 
G                              G 
I been gone too long 
G                              G 
I been gone too long 
C                               C 
I been gone too long 
G                 G 
Baby, baby, I been gone 
D 
I been a gone, forgone 
C                          G                  D 
It feels sometimes like I'm never gettin' home