Long Black Veil The Band

Long Black Veil

The Band

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Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 4/4
Key: G
Capo:
No capo
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Intro]
| G - | - C | G - |

[Verse 1]
G
Ten years ago, on a cool dark night
          D                         C         G
There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light
There were few at the scene,
and they all did agree
         D                    C        G
That the man who ran looked a lot like me

[Verse 2]
    G
The judge said, "Son,
what is your alibi?
            D
If you were somewhere else,
     C                 G
then you won't have to die"
I spoke not a word,
although it meant my life
      D                      C             G
I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife

[Chorus]
    C           G          C          G
She walks these hills in a long black veil
    C         G               C               G
She visits my grave where the night winds wail
                     C       G
Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees
C       G         C
 Nobody knows but me

[Verse 3]
G C G
C    G
 The scaffold was high and eternity neared
    D                      C          G
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans
     D
In a long black veil,
    C                  G
she cries over my bones

[Chorus]
    C           G          C          G
She walks these hills in a long black veil
    C         G               C               G
She visits my grave where the night winds wail
                     C       G
Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees
C       G     D   C
 Nobody knows but me

[Outro]
      G - | - C G - | - C G - | - C G - |

Bars

[Intro]
| G - | - C | G - |

[Verse 1]
                  | G - |
| - - | D - | C G | - - |
| - - | D - | C G | -

Ten years ago, on a cool dark night
There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light
There were few at the scene,
and they all did agree
That the man who ran looked a lot like me

[Verse 2]
                      G |
| - - | - D | - C | G - |
| - - | - D | - C | G - |

The judge said, "Son,
what is your alibi?
If you were somewhere else,
then you won't have to die"
I spoke not a word,
although it meant my life
I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife

[Chorus]
| C G | C G | - C | G C |
| G - | - - | C G | C G |
| C - |

She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave where the night winds wail
Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees
Nobody knows but me

[Verse 3]
      | G C | G C | G - |
| - - | D - | C G | - - |
| - - | D - | C G | -

The scaffold was high and eternity neared
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans
In a long black veil,
she cries over my bones

[Chorus]
                                    C - |
| G - C - | G - - - | C - G - | C - G - |
| - - - - | - - C - | G - C - | G D C - |
| - -

She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave where the night winds wail
Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees
Nobody knows but me

[Outro]
      G - | - C G - | - C G - | - C G - |

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