Long Black Veil chords by Nathan Stanley

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Intro 1

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Verse 1

Ten years ago,

on a cold dark night

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Someone was killed

near 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

looked a lot like me.

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Well, the judge said,
what is your alibi?
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If you were somewhere else,
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you won't have to die.
I spoke not a word,
though it meant my life.

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I had been in the arms

of my best friend's wife.

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She walks these hills

in a long black veil.

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She visits my grave

when the night winds wail.

Verse 9
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Nobody knows, nobody sees,
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nobody knows but me
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Scalford was high and eternity near
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She stood in the crowd
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and shed not a tear
Sometimes at night,
when a cold wind moans
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In a long black veil,
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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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when the night winds wail
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Nobody knows,
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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
you