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

G
The judge said, "Son, what is your alibi?
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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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I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife.

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

G
The scaffold was high and eternity near
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She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
G
But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans
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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            C
Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees; nobody knows but me.