The Long Black Veil Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Ten[C][G][C][D][G]
years ago,
on a cold dark night,
there was [D]someone killed
in the [C]town hall light.
[G]There were few at the scene,
but they all agreed
That the [D]slayer who ran
looked a [C]lot like [G]me
Nobody knows, [C]nobody [G]sees
[C]Nobody [D]knows but [G]me[C][G][C][D]
[G][D]
[G]The judge said, what is your alibi?
You are some[D]where else
and you [C]won't have to [G]die
I spoke not a word,
though it meant my life
For I'd [D]been in the arms
of my [C]best friend's [G]wife
She [C]walks these [G]hills
in [C]a long black [G]veil
She [C]visits my [G]grave
when the [C]night winds [G]wail
Nobody knows, [C]nobody [G]sees
[C]Nobody [D]knows but [G]me[C][G][C][D]
[G]
The scaffold was hard and eternity near
She [D]stood in the crowd
and she [C]shed not a [G]tear
But sometimes at night
when the cold wind moans
In a [D]long black veil
she [C]cries on my bones
[G]She wal[C]ks the str[G]eets in a l[C]ong black vei[G]n
She [C]visits my [G]grave
when [C]the night winds [G]sway
Nobody knows, [C]nobody [G]sees
[C]Nobody [D]knows but [G]me[C][G][C][D]
[G]
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