Long Black Veil Chords by John Anderson
Tempo:
72.05 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[G]
Ten years ago on a cold dark night [D] a man was killed [C] meet the town
[G] all right
There were few at the scene and they all did agree
[D] that the man who ran
[C] Look a lot [G] like me
[C] [G] The judge said son, what is your alibi?
If you [D] were somewhere [C] else
Then you [G] won't have to die.
I
Spoke not a word
No, it meant my life
[D] I had been in the arms of [C] my best [G] friend's wife
She [C] walks [G] these hills
[C] in a [G] long black veil
[C] And [G] visits my grave [C] when the night [G] went away
[C] And nobody [G] [C] knows and [D] nobody sees
[C]
Nobody knows
[G] But me
[C] [G] The sky is high and
Eternity's near
[D] She stood in the crowd [C] and shed [G] not a tear
but
sometimes at night
When the cold winds blow [D] in a long black veil
[C] Lord she cries [G] over my bones
[C] She walks [G] these hills [C] in a long [G] black veil
[C] And visits [G] my grave [C] where the night [G] went away
And nobody [C] knows Lord and nobody [G] sees
[C] Nobody [D] knows [C] but me Mmm
[G] No, nobody [C] knows no and [G] nobody sees
[C] Nobody [D] knows [C] but me
[G]
[G]
Ten years ago on a cold dark night [D] a man was killed [C] meet the town
[G] all right
There were few at the scene and they all did agree
[D] that the man who ran
[C] Look a lot [G] like me
[C] [G] The judge said son, what is your alibi?
If you [D] were somewhere [C] else
Then you [G] won't have to die.
I
Spoke not a word
No, it meant my life
[D] I had been in the arms of [C] my best [G] friend's wife
She [C] walks [G] these hills
[C] in a [G] long black veil
[C] And [G] visits my grave [C] when the night [G] went away
[C] And nobody [G] [C] knows and [D] nobody sees
[C]
Nobody knows
[G] But me
[C] [G] The sky is high and
Eternity's near
[D] She stood in the crowd [C] and shed [G] not a tear
but
sometimes at night
When the cold winds blow [D] in a long black veil
[C] Lord she cries [G] over my bones
[C] She walks [G] these hills [C] in a long [G] black veil
[C] And visits [G] my grave [C] where the night [G] went away
And nobody [C] knows Lord and nobody [G] sees
[C] Nobody [D] knows [C] but me Mmm
[G] No, nobody [C] knows no and [G] nobody sees
[C] Nobody [D] knows [C] but me
[G]
Key:
C
G
D
C
G
D
C
G
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Ten years ago on a cold dark night [D] a man was killed [C] meet the town
[G] all right
_ There were few at the scene and they all did agree
[D] that the man who ran
[C] Look a lot [G] like me
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ The judge said son, what is your alibi?
If you [D] were somewhere [C] else
Then you [G] won't have to die.
I
Spoke not a word
No, it meant my life
[D] I had been in the arms of [C] my best [G] friend's wife
She [C] walks [G] these hills
[C] in a [G] long black _ veil
[C] And [G] visits my grave [C] when the night [G] went away
_ _ _ _ _ [C] And nobody [G] [C] knows and [D] nobody sees
[C] _
Nobody knows
_ _ [G] But me
[C] _ [G] The _ sky is high and
Eternity's near
[D] She stood in the crowd [C] and shed [G] not a tear
_ but
sometimes at night
When the cold winds blow [D] in a long black veil
[C] Lord she cries [G] over my bones _
[C] She walks [G] these hills [C] in a long [G] black veil
_ [C] And visits [G] my grave [C] where the night [G] went away
_ And nobody [C] knows Lord and nobody [G] sees
[C] Nobody [D] knows [C] but me Mmm
_ [G] _ _ No, nobody [C] knows no and [G] nobody sees
[C] Nobody [D] knows [C] but me _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Ten years ago on a cold dark night [D] a man was killed [C] meet the town
[G] all right
_ There were few at the scene and they all did agree
[D] that the man who ran
[C] Look a lot [G] like me
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ The judge said son, what is your alibi?
If you [D] were somewhere [C] else
Then you [G] won't have to die.
I
Spoke not a word
No, it meant my life
[D] I had been in the arms of [C] my best [G] friend's wife
She [C] walks [G] these hills
[C] in a [G] long black _ veil
[C] And [G] visits my grave [C] when the night [G] went away
_ _ _ _ _ [C] And nobody [G] [C] knows and [D] nobody sees
[C] _
Nobody knows
_ _ [G] But me
[C] _ [G] The _ sky is high and
Eternity's near
[D] She stood in the crowd [C] and shed [G] not a tear
_ but
sometimes at night
When the cold winds blow [D] in a long black veil
[C] Lord she cries [G] over my bones _
[C] She walks [G] these hills [C] in a long [G] black veil
_ [C] And visits [G] my grave [C] where the night [G] went away
_ And nobody [C] knows Lord and nobody [G] sees
[C] Nobody [D] knows [C] but me Mmm
_ [G] _ _ No, nobody [C] knows no and [G] nobody sees
[C] Nobody [D] knows [C] but me _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _