Chords for New Riders Of The Purple Sage - Long Black Veil 10/31/70
Tempo:
113.2 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
Ab
Abm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
He's still fixing his string, but this is an old folk song, everybody knows it anyhow.
Ten years ago, on a cold dark night, [B] someone was killed,
[A] beneath the [E] town hall lights.
The people who saw, they all agreed,
that [B] the slayer who ran looked [A] an awful lot [E] like me.
The judge said, son, what is your alibi?
If you [B] were somewhere else, [A] you know you don't [E] have to die.
I spoke not a word, though it meant my [B] life, for I'd been in the arms [A] of my best [E] friend's wife.
And [A] she walks [E] these hills [A] in a long [E] black veil,
visits my grave [A] when the night [E] winds wail.
Nobody knows, [A]
nobody [E]
sees, [A] nobody [B]
knows [E] but me.
[B]
[A]
[E]
[Ab] [B] This [A]
[E]
scaffold is high, eternity near.
[B] She stands in the crowd, [A]
she's [E] not a tear.
But sometimes at night, when the cold winds moan,
in [B] a long black veil, she [A]
cries over [E] my bone.
[A] She walks [E] these hills [A] in a long [E] black veil,
[A] visits [E] my grave [A] when the night [E] winds wail.
Nobody [Abm] [Am]
[A] knows, nobody [E] sees,
[A] [Gb] nobody [E]
[B] knows [E] but me.
[A] [E]
[Bb] [E]
He's still fixing his string, but this is an old folk song, everybody knows it anyhow.
Ten years ago, on a cold dark night, [B] someone was killed,
[A] beneath the [E] town hall lights.
The people who saw, they all agreed,
that [B] the slayer who ran looked [A] an awful lot [E] like me.
The judge said, son, what is your alibi?
If you [B] were somewhere else, [A] you know you don't [E] have to die.
I spoke not a word, though it meant my [B] life, for I'd been in the arms [A] of my best [E] friend's wife.
And [A] she walks [E] these hills [A] in a long [E] black veil,
visits my grave [A] when the night [E] winds wail.
Nobody knows, [A]
nobody [E]
sees, [A] nobody [B]
knows [E] but me.
[B]
[A]
[E]
[Ab] [B] This [A]
[E]
scaffold is high, eternity near.
[B] She stands in the crowd, [A]
she's [E] not a tear.
But sometimes at night, when the cold winds moan,
in [B] a long black veil, she [A]
cries over [E] my bone.
[A] She walks [E] these hills [A] in a long [E] black veil,
[A] visits [E] my grave [A] when the night [E] winds wail.
Nobody [Abm] [Am]
[A] knows, nobody [E] sees,
[A] [Gb] nobody [E]
[B] knows [E] but me.
[A] [E]
[Bb] [E]
Key:
E
A
B
Ab
Abm
E
A
B
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
He's still fixing his string, but _ this is an old folk song, everybody knows it anyhow.
_ _ _ Ten years ago, _ on a cold _ dark night, _ [B] _ someone was killed,
[A] beneath the [E] town hall _ lights.
_ _ The _ people who saw, they _ _ all agreed,
that [B] the slayer who ran looked [A] an awful lot [E] like me. _
_ _ _ _ The judge said, son, what is your _ alibi?
If you [B] were _ somewhere _ else, [A] you know you don't [E] have to die.
_ _ _ I spoke _ not a word, though it meant my [B] life, for I'd been in the arms [A] of my best [E] friend's wife.
_ _ And [A] she _ walks [E] these hills [A] in a long [E] black _ _ _ _ _
veil,
visits _ my grave [A] when the night [E] winds _ _ _ _ wail. _ _ _
Nobody knows, _ _ [A] _
nobody _ [E] _ _
sees, [A] _ nobody _ [B] _
_ knows [E] but _ me. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [B] _ This _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
scaffold is high, _ _ eternity _ _ near.
[B] She stands in the crowd, _ [A] _
she's [E] not a _ tear.
_ _ But _ _ sometimes at night, when the cold winds moan,
in [B] a long black veil, she [A] _
cries over [E] my bone. _
_ _ _ _ [A] She walks [E] these hills [A] in a _ long [E] black veil, _ _ _ _
_ [A] visits _ [E] my _ grave [A] when the _ night [E] winds _ wail. _
_ _ _ _ _
Nobody _ [Abm] _ _ _ [Am]
[A] knows, nobody [E] sees, _
_ [A] _ _ [Gb] nobody [E] _
_ [B] knows [E] but me.
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
He's still fixing his string, but _ this is an old folk song, everybody knows it anyhow.
_ _ _ Ten years ago, _ on a cold _ dark night, _ [B] _ someone was killed,
[A] beneath the [E] town hall _ lights.
_ _ The _ people who saw, they _ _ all agreed,
that [B] the slayer who ran looked [A] an awful lot [E] like me. _
_ _ _ _ The judge said, son, what is your _ alibi?
If you [B] were _ somewhere _ else, [A] you know you don't [E] have to die.
_ _ _ I spoke _ not a word, though it meant my [B] life, for I'd been in the arms [A] of my best [E] friend's wife.
_ _ And [A] she _ walks [E] these hills [A] in a long [E] black _ _ _ _ _
veil,
visits _ my grave [A] when the night [E] winds _ _ _ _ wail. _ _ _
Nobody knows, _ _ [A] _
nobody _ [E] _ _
sees, [A] _ nobody _ [B] _
_ knows [E] but _ me. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [B] _ This _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
scaffold is high, _ _ eternity _ _ near.
[B] She stands in the crowd, _ [A] _
she's [E] not a _ tear.
_ _ But _ _ sometimes at night, when the cold winds moan,
in [B] a long black veil, she [A] _
cries over [E] my bone. _
_ _ _ _ [A] She walks [E] these hills [A] in a _ long [E] black veil, _ _ _ _
_ [A] visits _ [E] my _ grave [A] when the _ night [E] winds _ wail. _
_ _ _ _ _
Nobody _ [Abm] _ _ _ [Am]
[A] knows, nobody [E] sees, _
_ [A] _ _ [Gb] nobody [E] _
_ [B] knows [E] but me.
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [E] _
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