Long White Veil chords by 
The Decemberists 
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Key: A major•
Intro 1
E
D
E
F#m
D
E
A
F#m
E
D
Bm
Verse 1
D
Every night, a dream's
E
F#m
the same
D
E
A
Every time I speak her name
F#m
E
Black and shiny eyes ap pear
D
Bm
In a long white veil
D
E
F#m
If only I could touch her skin
D
E
A
If only I could lie with in
F#m
E
D
If only I could see her face
Bm
'Neath the long white veil
D
Long white veil
Verse 2
D
A
E
I married her , I carried her
F#m
A
D
On the very same day I buried her
A
E
D
In the cemetery plot by her mother
Though she never gave a
A
E
D
thought to her mother
But she looked so pale
E
In that long white veil
Bm
E
Bm
E
Long white veil, long white veil
Bm
E
D
Long white veil, long white veil
Interlude 1
A
D
E
F#m
D
E
A
F#m
E
D
Bm
Verse 3
D
E
F#m
And how when she fell in with me
D
E
I stole her from the Canary's
A
F#m
E
D
We pitch along the harbor side
Bm
In our wind- filled sails
D
But now when all the stars
E
F#m
go dim
D
E
A
Something starts it s crawling in
F#m
E
D
All I can do is hush an d wait
Bm
For that long white veil
D
Long white veil
Verse 4
D
A
E
I married her , I carried her
F#m
D
On the very same day I ferried her
A
'Cross the channel in the cold,
E
D
dark water
And in the evening how a
A
E
D
chill had caught her
And she looked so pale
E
In our lateen sails
Bm
E
Like a long white veil
Bm
E
Bm
E
Long white veil, long white veil
D
Long white veil
Outro 1
A
D
E
F#m
A
D
E
A
F#m
E
D
Bm
D
E
F#m
D
E
A
F#m
E
D
Bm
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE D F#m A Bm
E
D
F#m
A
Bm
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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