Long Black Veil chords by Marty Stuart

Chords with lyrics

Marty Stuart - Long Black Veil

Tuning: Standard
Capo: 3rd fret

 E MajorE
Ten years ago, on a cold, dark night,
   B7B7              A augmentedA     E MajorE
Somebody was killed, 'neath the town hall lights.
      E MajorE
There were few at the scene, but they all agreed,
      B7B7           A augmentedA    E MajorE
That the slayer who ran, looked a lot like me.

   A augmentedA      E MajorE      A augmentedA     E MajorE
She walks these hills, in a long black veil,
   A augmentedA     E MajorE        A augmentedA     E MajorE
She visits my grave, when the night winds wail.
     A augmentedA       E MajorE
Nobody knows, nobody sees,
 B7B7        E MajorE
Nobody knows but me.

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

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

Now the scaffold is high, and eternity's near,
She stood in the crowd, and shed not a tear.
But sometimes at night, when a cold wind moans,
In a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones.

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