Long Black Veil chords by John Anderson

Chords with lyrics

John Anderson - Long Black Veil


G+G
Ten years ago on a cold dark night
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A augmentedA man was killed ?neath the town hall light
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There were few at the scene, but they all did agree
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That the man who ran looked a lot like me


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 though it meant my life
For I?d been in the arms of my best friend?s wife


Chorus
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She walks these hills in a long black veil
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And visits my grave when the night winds wail
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Nobody knows, nobody sees
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Nobody knows but me


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


Chorus
  C majorC      G+G     C majorC     G+G
She walks these hills in a long black veil
  C majorC     G+G       C majorC      G+G
And visits my grave when the night winds wail
       C majorC   G+G
Nobody knows, nobody sees
C majorC   D MajorD     G+G