Long Black Veil - The Other Favorites Chords by Josh Turner
Tempo:
117.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Am
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [G] [D]
[G] [C]
[G]
Ten years ago, on a cold dark night, there [D] was someone killed.
[Bm]
Near [C] the town [Am] [G] hall, I, few read the scene, but they all did agree,
[D] that the man who ran looked [G] a [C] [Am] lot
[G] like me.
Judge said, son, [Am] what's [G] your alibi?
If you was [D] somewhere else,
[G] [C] you don't [G] have to die.
I spoke not a word, [C] though [G] it meant my life, for [D] I'd been in the arms [G] of [C] my best [G] friend's wife.
[C] She walks [G] these hills in [C] long [G] black veins,
[C] visits my [G] grave.
When [C] the night [G] winds wake, nobody knows, [C] Lord, and nobody [G] sees, [C] nobody [D] [G] [C] knows but me.
[Bm]
[G]
[D]
[Am] [C]
[G] [Am] [G]
[D]
[G] [C] [Em]
[G]
Scaffold is high, and eternity near, she [D] stands in the crowd, she [C] sheds [G] not a tear, sometimes at night.
When the cold winds moan [D] in a long black veil, [C] she cries [G] over my bones,
[C] she walks [G] these hills [C] with a long [G] black veil,
[C] visits [G] my grave, when [C] the night
[G] winds wake, nobody knows, [C] Lord, and nobody [G] sees,
[C] nobody [G] knows [C] but me.
[G]
Nobody knows, [C] Lord, and nobody [G] sees, [C] nobody [D] knows [C] but me.
[G]
[N]
[G] [C]
[G]
Ten years ago, on a cold dark night, there [D] was someone killed.
[Bm]
Near [C] the town [Am] [G] hall, I, few read the scene, but they all did agree,
[D] that the man who ran looked [G] a [C] [Am] lot
[G] like me.
Judge said, son, [Am] what's [G] your alibi?
If you was [D] somewhere else,
[G] [C] you don't [G] have to die.
I spoke not a word, [C] though [G] it meant my life, for [D] I'd been in the arms [G] of [C] my best [G] friend's wife.
[C] She walks [G] these hills in [C] long [G] black veins,
[C] visits my [G] grave.
When [C] the night [G] winds wake, nobody knows, [C] Lord, and nobody [G] sees, [C] nobody [D] [G] [C] knows but me.
[Bm]
[G]
[D]
[Am] [C]
[G] [Am] [G]
[D]
[G] [C] [Em]
[G]
Scaffold is high, and eternity near, she [D] stands in the crowd, she [C] sheds [G] not a tear, sometimes at night.
When the cold winds moan [D] in a long black veil, [C] she cries [G] over my bones,
[C] she walks [G] these hills [C] with a long [G] black veil,
[C] visits [G] my grave, when [C] the night
[G] winds wake, nobody knows, [C] Lord, and nobody [G] sees,
[C] nobody [G] knows [C] but me.
[G]
Nobody knows, [C] Lord, and nobody [G] sees, [C] nobody [D] knows [C] but me.
[G]
[N]
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_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Ten years ago, _ _ on a _ cold dark night, there [D] was someone _ killed.
[Bm]
Near [C] the town [Am] [G] hall, I, _ _ _ _ _ _ few read the scene, _ but they all did agree,
_ [D] that the man who ran looked [G] a [C] [Am] lot _
[G] like me. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Judge said, son, _ [Am] what's [G] your _ alibi?
If you was [D] _ somewhere _ else, _
[G] [C] you don't [G] have to die.
I _ spoke not a word, [C] though [G] it meant my life, for [D] I'd been _ in the arms [G] of [C] my best _ [G] friend's wife. _
_ _ _ [C] She _ walks [G] these hills in [C] _ long [G] black _ _ veins, _ _
_ [C] visits my [G] grave.
When [C] the night _ [G] winds _ _ _ _ _ _ wake, nobody _ _ knows, [C] Lord, and nobody [G] _ sees, _ _ [C] _ nobody _ [D] _ _ [G] [C] knows but me.
[Bm] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Scaffold is high, and _ _ eternity near, she [D] stands in the crowd, she [C] sheds _ [G] not a tear, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ sometimes at night.
_ When the cold winds moan _ [D] in a long black veil, [C] she cries [G] over my bones, _ _ _ _ _
[C] she walks [G] these hills [C] with a long [G] black veil, _
_ _ _ _ [C] visits _ [G] my grave, when [C] the night _
[G] winds wake, _ _ _ _ _ _ nobody _ knows, [C] Lord, and nobody [G] _ sees, _
_ [C] _ nobody _ [G] knows _ [C] but me.
[G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Nobody knows, [C] Lord, and _ nobody [G] _ _ sees, [C] _ _ nobody [D] knows _ _ [C] but me.
[G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Ten years ago, _ _ on a _ cold dark night, there [D] was someone _ killed.
[Bm]
Near [C] the town [Am] [G] hall, I, _ _ _ _ _ _ few read the scene, _ but they all did agree,
_ [D] that the man who ran looked [G] a [C] [Am] lot _
[G] like me. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Judge said, son, _ [Am] what's [G] your _ alibi?
If you was [D] _ somewhere _ else, _
[G] [C] you don't [G] have to die.
I _ spoke not a word, [C] though [G] it meant my life, for [D] I'd been _ in the arms [G] of [C] my best _ [G] friend's wife. _
_ _ _ [C] She _ walks [G] these hills in [C] _ long [G] black _ _ veins, _ _
_ [C] visits my [G] grave.
When [C] the night _ [G] winds _ _ _ _ _ _ wake, nobody _ _ knows, [C] Lord, and nobody [G] _ sees, _ _ [C] _ nobody _ [D] _ _ [G] [C] knows but me.
[Bm] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Scaffold is high, and _ _ eternity near, she [D] stands in the crowd, she [C] sheds _ [G] not a tear, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ sometimes at night.
_ When the cold winds moan _ [D] in a long black veil, [C] she cries [G] over my bones, _ _ _ _ _
[C] she walks [G] these hills [C] with a long [G] black veil, _
_ _ _ _ [C] visits _ [G] my grave, when [C] the night _
[G] winds wake, _ _ _ _ _ _ nobody _ knows, [C] Lord, and nobody [G] _ sees, _
_ [C] _ nobody _ [G] knows _ [C] but me.
[G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Nobody knows, [C] Lord, and _ nobody [G] _ _ sees, [C] _ _ nobody [D] knows _ _ [C] but me.
[G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _