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Long Black Veil chords by Chris LeDoux

Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Ten years ago on a cool,
dark night
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There was someone killed
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'neath the town hall light
There were few at the scene
but they all did agree
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That the slayer who ran
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looked a lot like me
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Verse 2
The judge said, "Son, what is your alibi?
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If you were somewhere else
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then you won't have to die"
I spoke not a word although it meant my life
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For I had been in the arms of
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my best friend's wife
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Verse 3
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She walks these hills in a long black veil
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She visits my grave when
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the night winds wail
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Nobody knows, nobody sees
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Nobody knows but me
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Verse 4
The scaffold is high and eternity is neared
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She stood in the crowd
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and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when
the cold wind moans
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In a long black veil she
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cries over my bones
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Verse 5
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She walks these hills in a long black veil
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She visits my grave when
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the night winds wail
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Nobody knows, nobody sees
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Nobody knows but me, nobody knows but me
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