Long Black Veil
Long Black Veil
Long Black Veil
the town hall light G Few were at the scene but they all agree D D7 C G That the man did the shooting looked a lot like me The judge said "Son, what is your alibi If you were somewhere else you won't have to die" I spoke not a word, though it meant my life For I'd been in the arms of my best friends wife (Chorus) C G C D7 G She walks these hills in a long black veil C G C D7 G She visits my grave while the night winds wail B7 C G Nobody knows, nobody sees, A7 D7 G Nobody knows but me The She But She scaffold was high, and eternity near stood in the crowd, but she shed not a tear sometimes late at night, when the cold wind moans visits my grave, and she cries o'er my bones
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