Long Black Veil Live
Johnny CashVersion1
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Ten years ago, on a cold dark night
Someone was killed, 'neath the town hall light
There were few at the scene, but they all agreed
That the slayer who ran, looked a lot like me
She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
The judge said son, what is your alibi
If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die
I spoke not a word, al-tho' it meant my life
For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife
The scaffold is high and eternity's near
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night, when the cold wind moans
In a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones
She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
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Readable chord sheet for Long Black Veil Live by Johnny Cash
[Bb]Ten years ago, on a cold dark night [F7]Someone was killed, 'neath the t[Eb]own hall light[Bb] There were few at the scene, but they all agreed That the sl[F7]ayer who ran, looked a l[Eb]ot like m[Bb]e She wa[Eb]lks these h[Bb]ills in a lo[Eb]ng black ve[Bb]il She vi[Eb]sits my gr[Bb]ave when the n[Eb]ight winds [Bb]wail Nobody knows, n[Eb]obody se[Bb]es [Eb]Nobody kn[F7]ows but m[Bb]e The ju[Bb]dge said son, what is your alibi If you were s[F7]omewhere else, then you w[Eb]on't have to d[Bb]ie I spoke not a word, al-tho' it meant my life For I'd b[F7]een in the arms of my b[Eb]est friend's w[Bb]ife The sc[Bb]affold is high and eternity's near She st[F7]ood in the crowd and sh[Eb]ed not a te[Bb]ar But sometimes at night, when the cold wind moans In a l[F7]ong black veil, she cr[Eb]ies o'er my bon[Bb]es She wa[Eb]lks these h[Bb]ills in a lo[Eb]ng black ve[Bb]il She vi[Eb]sits my gr[Bb]ave when the n[Eb]ight winds [Bb]wail Nobody knows, n[Eb]obody se[Bb]es [Eb]Nobody kn[F7]ows but m[Bb]e