Johnny Cash - Long Black Veil

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ten years ago , on a cold dark night
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someone was killed , ’neath the town hall light

there were few at the scene , but they all agreed
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that the slayer who ran , looked a lot like me

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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 , nobody sees
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nobody knows but me

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the judge said son , what is your alibi
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if you were somewhere else , then you won’t have to die

i spoke not a word , al – tho’ it meant my life
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for i’d been in the arms of my best friend’s wife

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the scaffold is high and eternity’s near
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she stood in the crowd and shed not a tear

but sometimes at night , when the cold wind moans
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in a long black veil , she cries o’er my bones

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she walks these hills in a long black veil
D A D A
she visits my grave when the night winds wail

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nobody knows , nobody sees
D E7 x A
nobody knows but me

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