Long Black Veil chords by John Duffey

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Ten years ago on a cold dark night
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A  man was killed
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near the town hall light
There were few at the scene
and they all did agree
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That the man who ran
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looked a lot like me
The judge said, son what is your alibi

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Verse 2

If you were somewhere else,

then you won't have to die.

Verse 3
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I spoke not a word,
though it meant my life.
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I had been in the arms
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of my best friend's wife.
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And visits my grave
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when the night wind whips
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And nobody knows and  nobody sees
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And  nobody knows but me

Verse 4

The scaffold is high

and eternity's near.

Verse 5

She stood in the crowd

and shed not a tear.

Verse 6

But sometimes at night

when the cold winds blow,

Verse 7

in a long black veil, Lord,

she cries over my bones.

Verse 8
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And she walks these hills
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in a long black veil
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And visits my grave
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where the night winds wail
And nobody knows,
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Lord, and nobody sings
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Nobody knows but me
Lord, nobody knows, Lord,
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and nobody sings
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Nobody knows but me you