Long Black Veil Chords by Daryle Singletary
Tempo:
67.9 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Em]
Ten years [E] ago, on a cold dark night, [B] a man was killed neath [A] the town hall [Em] light.
[E] There was a few at the scene, and they all did [B] agree,
the man who ran looked a lot [E] like me.
Well, the judge said, son, what is your alibi?
If you [B] are somewhere else, [A] then you won't [E] have to die.
But I spoke not a word, though it meant my life,
[B] I'd been in the arms [A] of my best friend's [E] wife.
She walks [E] these hills [A] in a long [E] black veil,
[A] and visits [E] my grave when the [A] night winds [E] wail.
Nobody knows, [A]
nobody sees, [A] nobody [B] knows but [E] me.
[B]
[A] [E]
Well, the scaffold is high, and [B] eternity's near,
she stood in the crowd, and [A] shed not a [Em] tear.
[E] But sometimes at night, when the cold winds blow,
[B] in a long black veil, Lord, she cries over my [E] body.
[A] She walks [E] these hills [A] in a long [E] black veil,
and visits my grave when the night winds wail.
Nobody [A] knows, nobody sees, [A] nobody [B] knows but [E] me.
Nobody knows, [A] nobody [E] sees, [B] nobody knows but [A] me.
[A] [E]
Ten years [E] ago, on a cold dark night, [B] a man was killed neath [A] the town hall [Em] light.
[E] There was a few at the scene, and they all did [B] agree,
the man who ran looked a lot [E] like me.
Well, the judge said, son, what is your alibi?
If you [B] are somewhere else, [A] then you won't [E] have to die.
But I spoke not a word, though it meant my life,
[B] I'd been in the arms [A] of my best friend's [E] wife.
She walks [E] these hills [A] in a long [E] black veil,
[A] and visits [E] my grave when the [A] night winds [E] wail.
Nobody knows, [A]
nobody sees, [A] nobody [B] knows but [E] me.
[B]
[A] [E]
Well, the scaffold is high, and [B] eternity's near,
she stood in the crowd, and [A] shed not a [Em] tear.
[E] But sometimes at night, when the cold winds blow,
[B] in a long black veil, Lord, she cries over my [E] body.
[A] She walks [E] these hills [A] in a long [E] black veil,
and visits my grave when the night winds wail.
Nobody [A] knows, nobody sees, [A] nobody [B] knows but [E] me.
Nobody knows, [A] nobody [E] sees, [B] nobody knows but [A] me.
[A] [E]
Key:
E
A
B
Em
E
A
B
Em
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Ten years [E] ago, on a cold dark night, [B] a man was killed neath [A] the town hall [Em] light.
[E] There was a few at the scene, and they all did [B] agree,
the man who ran looked a lot [E] like me.
_ _ _ _ _ Well, the judge said, son, what is your alibi?
If you [B] are somewhere else, [A] then you won't [E] have to die.
_ But I spoke not a word, though it meant my life,
[B] I'd been in the arms [A] of my best friend's [E] wife.
She walks [E] these hills [A] in a long [E] black veil,
[A] and visits [E] my grave when the [A] night winds [E] _ wail.
Nobody knows, [A]
nobody sees, _ [A] nobody [B] knows but [E] me.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ Well, the scaffold is high, and _ [B] eternity's near,
she stood in the crowd, and [A] shed not a [Em] tear.
_ [E] But sometimes at night, when the cold winds blow,
[B] in a long black veil, Lord, she cries over my [E] body.
_ [A] She walks [E] these hills [A] in a long [E] black veil,
and visits my grave when the night winds wail. _
Nobody [A] knows, nobody sees, [A] nobody [B] knows but [E] me. _ _
Nobody knows, [A] nobody [E] sees, _ [B] nobody knows but [A] me. _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
Ten years [E] ago, on a cold dark night, [B] a man was killed neath [A] the town hall [Em] light.
[E] There was a few at the scene, and they all did [B] agree,
the man who ran looked a lot [E] like me.
_ _ _ _ _ Well, the judge said, son, what is your alibi?
If you [B] are somewhere else, [A] then you won't [E] have to die.
_ But I spoke not a word, though it meant my life,
[B] I'd been in the arms [A] of my best friend's [E] wife.
She walks [E] these hills [A] in a long [E] black veil,
[A] and visits [E] my grave when the [A] night winds [E] _ wail.
Nobody knows, [A]
nobody sees, _ [A] nobody [B] knows but [E] me.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ Well, the scaffold is high, and _ [B] eternity's near,
she stood in the crowd, and [A] shed not a [Em] tear.
_ [E] But sometimes at night, when the cold winds blow,
[B] in a long black veil, Lord, she cries over my [E] body.
_ [A] She walks [E] these hills [A] in a long [E] black veil,
and visits my grave when the night winds wail. _
Nobody [A] knows, nobody sees, [A] nobody [B] knows but [E] me. _ _
Nobody knows, [A] nobody [E] sees, _ [B] nobody knows but [A] me. _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _