Long Black Veil chords by
David Frizzell
Gene Watson

N/A

Key: E major

Verse 1
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Ten years ago, on a cold, night,
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there was someone killed neat
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the town hall lights.
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There were few at the scene,
but they all agreed
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That the slayer who ran
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looked a lot like me
The judge said, what is your alibi?
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If you were somewheres else,
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then you won't have to die.

Verse 2

I spoke not a word,

though it meant my life,

Verse 3

for I had thee in the arms

of my best friend's wife.

Verse 4
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She walks these hills
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in a long black veil
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She visits my grave
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when the night winds wail
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Verse 5

knows, nobody sees,

nobody knows but me.

Verse 6
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The scaffold's high
and eternity near.
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She stood in the crowd
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and shed not a tear.
Ah, but sometimes at night
when the cold winds moan
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And animals act bad,
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she cries for my bones.
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She walks the hills in a long black veil
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She visits my grave
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when the night winds wail
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Nobody knows, nobody sees
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Nobody knows but me
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Nobody knows but me
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Nobody knows but me

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