Long Black Veil

G
Ten years ago on a cold dark night
      D               C      G
There was someone killed 'neath the 
town hall light
G
There were few at the scene and they
 all did agree
      D           C      G
That the man who ran looked a lot 
like me.

G
The judge said, "Son, what is your 
alibi?
        D          C           G
If you were somewhere else then you 
won't have to die"
G
I said not a word though it meant my
 life,
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    D               C        G
I had been in the arms of my best 
friend's wife.

C         G    C            G
She walks these hills in a long 
black veil.
C          G   C            G
She visits my grave when the night 
winds wail.
G           C     G       D     
Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees; 
 C
nobody knows but me.

G
The scaffold was high and eternity 
near
  D               C      G
She stood in the crowd and shed not 
a tear
G
But sometimes at night when the cold
 wind moans
   D             C          G
In a long black veil she cries over 
my bones.

C         G    C            G
She walks these hills in a long 
black veil.
C          G   C            G
She visits my grave when the night 
winds wail.
G           C     G            
Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees; 
C
nobody knows but me.