Key: Bb major
Verse 1
guy talking from the grave,
so we got to do one of those songs.
Wouldn't be Bluegrass without that.
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This is called A Long Black Veil.
Ten years ago,
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on a cold dark night,
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beneath the town hall light.
but they all agreed
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he looked a lot like me
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The judge said, son,
what is your alibi?
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you won't have to die
though it meant my life
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of my best friend's wife
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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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Nobody knows, nobody sees,
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nobody knows but me
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The scaffold is high
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And eternity near,
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and she shed not a tear.
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And sometimes at night,
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when the cold wind blows
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She cries over my bones
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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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Where the night winds blail
Nobody knows,
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nobody sees
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Nobody knows but me
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Thank you.
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