Long Black Veil chords by
Robert Earl Keen

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Key: F major

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Ten years ago

On a cold dark night

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Csus4

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Someone was killed

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'Neath the Town Hall light

Verse 2
F F 
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Few were at the scene
But they all did agree
C C 
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Csus4 Csus4 
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The slayer who ran
Bb Bb 
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Looked a lot like me
F F 
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Verse 3
The judge said, "son
What is your alibi?
C C 
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Csus2 Csus2 
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C C 
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If you were somewhere else
Bb Bb 
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You won't have to die"
F F 
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Verse 4
Well I spoke not a word
Although it meant my life
C C 
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Csus2 Csus2 
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C C 
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For I had been in the arms
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Of my best friend's wife
F F 
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Verse 5
Bb Bb 
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F F 
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She walks these hills
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F F 
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In a long black veil
Bb Bb 
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F F 
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She visits my grave
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F F 
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When the night winds wail

Verse 6

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Nobody knows, nobody sees

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Csus2

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Nobody knows but me

Interlude 1
F F 
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Bb Bb 
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F F 
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Bb Bb 
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F F 
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Bb Bb 
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F F 
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Bb Bb 
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F F 
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Bb Bb 
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F F 
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Bb Bb 
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C C 
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Bb Bb 
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F F 
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Fsus4 Fsus4 
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The      scaffold

Verse 7
F F 
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was high
And eternity near
Csus4 Csus4 
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She stood in       the crowd
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Csus4 Csus4 
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C C 
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Bb Bb 
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And      shed not a tear
F F 
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Verse 8
Fsus4 Fsus4 
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F F 
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But sometimes at night
When the cold wind moans
C C 
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Csus2 Csus2 
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C C 
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In a long black veil
Bb Bb 
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F F 
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Dm Dm 
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She cries o'er my bones