Long Black Veil chords by Joan Baez

Chords with lyrics

[Intro]
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD

[Verse 1]
D MajorD
Ten years ago on a cold dark night,
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Someone was killed 'neath the Town Hall light
  D MajorD
The people who saw they all agreed
     A7A7           G+G    D MajorD
That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me.

[Verse 2]
  D MajorD
The judge said, "son, what is your alibi?
      A7A7            G+G       D MajorD
If you were somewheres else, then you won't have to die".
 D MajorD
I spoke not a word, though it meant my life,
    A7A7           G+G       D MajorD
For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife.

[Chorus]
  G+G      D MajorD     G+G     D MajorD
She walks these hills in a long black veil,
G+G     D MajorD       G+G      D MajorD
Visits my grave when the night winds wail,
D MajorD
Nobody knows, nobody sees,
G+G   A7A7     D MajorD
Nobody knows, but me.

[Verse 4]
  D MajorD
The scaffold is high, eternity near,
  A7A7            G+G      D MajorD
She stands in the crowd, she sheds not a tear,
  D MajorD
But sometimes at night, when the cold winds moan,
    A7A7           G+G    D MajorD
In a long black veil she cries o'er my bones.

[Chorus]
  G+G      D MajorD     G+G     D MajorD
She walks these hills in a long black veil,
G+G     D MajorD       G+G      D MajorD
Visits my grave when the night winds wail,
D MajorD
Nobody knows, nobody sees,
G+G   A7A7     D MajorD