Long Black Veil chords by The Band
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Ten years ago, on a cool dark night
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There was someone killed
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'neath the town hall light
There were few at the scene
and they all did agree
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That the man who ran looked a lot like me
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Verse 2
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The judge said, "son, what is your alibi?"
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"If you were somewhere else,
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then 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
Chorus 1
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She walks these hills in a long black veil
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She visits my grave
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where the night winds wail
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Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees
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Nobody knows but me
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Verse 3
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The scaffold was high and eternity neared
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She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night
when the cold wind moans
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In a long black veil, she cries over my bones
Chorus 2
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She walks these hills in a long black veil
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She visits my grave
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where the night winds wail
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Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees
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Nobody knows but me
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Long Black Veil
The Band
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