Long Black Veil chords by Mama Said

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Verse 1
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Ten years ago,
on a cold dark night,
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someone was killed
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beneath the town hall light.
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There were few at the scene,
but they all agreed
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That the man who ran
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looked a lot like me
The judge said, son, what's your alibi?
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If you were somewhere else,
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you won't have to die
Well, 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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I walk these hills in a long black veil
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I visit his 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 was high,
and eternity near
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I stood in the crowd, shed not one tear
Oh, but late at night,
when that cold wind moans
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In a long black veil, she cries o 'er my bones
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I walk these hills in a long black veil
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I visit his 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, nobody sees
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Nobody knows but me