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Long Black Veil

Misc
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Ten  years ago, on a cold dark night, there was
 
 
 someone  killed 'neath the Town Hall light. There were
  | | | |
 few at the scene, but they all agreed that the
 
 
 man  who ran looked a lot like me. She
 (Chorus)
 
 
 
 walks  these hill in a long black veil. She
 
 
 
 visits  my grave while 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 don't have to die.
 I spoke not a word though it ment my life
 For I'd been in the arms of my best friends wife.
 (Chorus)
 The scaffold was high and eternity was near
 She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear.
 But sometimes at night when the cold winds moan
 In a long black veil she cries over my bones.
 (Chorus)

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Readable chord sheet for Long Black Veil by Misc

[G]Ten years ago, on a cold dark night, there was

 [D]
 [C]
s[G]omeone killed 'neath the Town Hall light.  There were
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few at the scene, but they all agreed  that the

 [D]
 [C]
m[G]an who ran looked a lot like me.  She

(Chorus)

 [C]
 [G]
 [C]
w[G]alks these hill in a long black veil.  She

 [C]
 [G]
 [C]
v[G]isits my grave while the night winds wail.
      |      |
N[C]obody knows, nobody sees,

 [C]
 [D]
N[G]obody knows but me.

The judge said: Son, what is your alibi
If you were somewhere else, then you don't have to die.
I spoke not a word though it ment my life
For I'd been in the arms of my best friends wife.
(Chorus)

The scaffold was high and eternity was near
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear.
But sometimes at night when the cold winds moan
In a long black veil she cries over my bones.
(Chorus)

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