Long Black Veil

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long black veil chords
dill / wilkin ( performed by the band , the chieftains , johnny cash , joan baez , the byrds
dave matthews band etc . )

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ten years ago on a cool dark night ,
D C G
there was someone killed beneath the town hall light

there were few at the scene and they all did agree ,
D C G
that the one who ran looked a lot like me

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the judge said “son , what is your alibi?
D C G
if you were somewhere else then you won’t have to die”

i spoke not a word although it meant my life ,
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 where the night winds wail
C G
nobody knows , no , and nobody sees ,
D C G
nobody knows but me

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the scaffold was high and eternity neared ,
D C G
she stood in the crowd and shed not a tear

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 where the night winds wail
C G
nobody knows , no , and nobody sees ,
D C G
nobody knows but me

D C G
nobody knows but me

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