Kingston Trio - Long Black Veil

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C
ten years ago on a cold dark night
G7 F C
someone was killed ’neath the town hall light
C
just a few at the scene , and they all did agree
G7 F C
that the slayer who ran looked a lot like me
C
the judge said “son , what is your alibi?
G7 F C
if you were somewhere else , then you won’t have to die”
C
i spoke not a word , although it meant my life
G7 F C
for i’d been in the arms of my best friend’s wife

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F C F C
she walks these hills in a long black veil
F C F C
she visits my grave when the night winds wail
C C7 F C
nobody knows , nobody sees
F G7 C
nobody knows , but me

C
the scaffold was high , and eternity near
G7 F C
she stood in the crowd , and shed not a tear
C
but sometimes at night when the cold winds moan
G7 F C
in a long black veil , she cries o’er my bones

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