Chords for The Band - Long Black Veil - 12/31/1983 - San Francisco Civic Auditorium (Official)
Tempo:
79.65 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [A]
Ten years ago, on a cold dark night, [E] someone was killed [D] in a fat pale [A] blue light.
There were two at the scene, all dead and grey.
[E] That man, who ran, [D] looked at a lot [A] like me.
[D] He was a mean [A] little [D] man, with a long [A] brown beard.
He had [D] [A] a mighty beard, a [D] big, fine [A] beard.
Nobody [D] knows, no way, nobody [A] sees.
[D] Nobody [A] [E] knows, [D] but me.
Hey, hey, hey.
[A]
But he said, son, where's your alibi?
[E]
If you were somewhere else, [D] then you don't [A] have to die.
Well, I spoke not a word, although it meant my life.
[E] I've been in the arms [D] of my best [A] friend's wife.
I [D] sleep alone, [A] [D] in the arms [A] of a lady.
[D] She gives me the [A] time of day, [D] when the night [A] winds away.
Nobody knows, [D] no way, [A] nobody sees.
[D]
[A] Nobody [E] knows, [D] but me.
[A] [D]
[A]
[E] [D]
[A]
[E]
[D] [A] [D] She falls [A] asleep alone, [D] in a long, [A] fine, beard.
[D] She gives me the [A] time of day, [D] when the night winds [A] away.
Nobody knows, [D] no way, nobody [A] sees.
[D] Nobody [A] [E] knows, [D] but me.
[A]
With a scaffold that was high, eternity was near.
[E] She stood in the crowd, and no, [D] she didn't [A] interfere.
The cold wind [E] blowed, with a long, fine beard.
[D] She cried, and hugged [A] my bone.
[D] She walks [A] me to bed, [D] in a long, [A] fine beard.
She [D] gives me the time [A] of day, when [D] the night [A] winds away.
Nobody knows, [D] no way, nobody [A] sees.
[D]
Nobody [A] [E] knows, [D] but me.
[A]
[N] [Gb] [E]
[N]
[Bm]
[N] [C] [D] [G]
[Dm] [N]
[Gm] [Bb]
[Am] [N] [D] [Cm]
[N]
[G]
Yeah.
[Bb] [N]
Ten years ago, on a cold dark night, [E] someone was killed [D] in a fat pale [A] blue light.
There were two at the scene, all dead and grey.
[E] That man, who ran, [D] looked at a lot [A] like me.
[D] He was a mean [A] little [D] man, with a long [A] brown beard.
He had [D] [A] a mighty beard, a [D] big, fine [A] beard.
Nobody [D] knows, no way, nobody [A] sees.
[D] Nobody [A] [E] knows, [D] but me.
Hey, hey, hey.
[A]
But he said, son, where's your alibi?
[E]
If you were somewhere else, [D] then you don't [A] have to die.
Well, I spoke not a word, although it meant my life.
[E] I've been in the arms [D] of my best [A] friend's wife.
I [D] sleep alone, [A] [D] in the arms [A] of a lady.
[D] She gives me the [A] time of day, [D] when the night [A] winds away.
Nobody knows, [D] no way, [A] nobody sees.
[D]
[A] Nobody [E] knows, [D] but me.
[A] [D]
[A]
[E] [D]
[A]
[E]
[D] [A] [D] She falls [A] asleep alone, [D] in a long, [A] fine, beard.
[D] She gives me the [A] time of day, [D] when the night winds [A] away.
Nobody knows, [D] no way, nobody [A] sees.
[D] Nobody [A] [E] knows, [D] but me.
[A]
With a scaffold that was high, eternity was near.
[E] She stood in the crowd, and no, [D] she didn't [A] interfere.
The cold wind [E] blowed, with a long, fine beard.
[D] She cried, and hugged [A] my bone.
[D] She walks [A] me to bed, [D] in a long, [A] fine beard.
She [D] gives me the time [A] of day, when [D] the night [A] winds away.
Nobody knows, [D] no way, nobody [A] sees.
[D]
Nobody [A] [E] knows, [D] but me.
[A]
[N] [Gb] [E]
[N]
[Bm]
[N] [C] [D] [G]
[Dm] [N]
[Gm] [Bb]
[Am] [N] [D] [Cm]
[N]
[G]
Yeah.
[Bb] [N]
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[A] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Ten years ago, on a cold dark night, [E] someone was killed [D] in a fat pale [A] blue light.
There were two at the scene, all dead and grey.
[E] That man, who ran, [D] looked at a lot [A] like me.
_ [D] He was a mean [A] little [D] man, with a long [A] brown _ beard.
He had _ _ [D] _ [A] a mighty beard, a [D] big, fine [A] beard. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Nobody [D] knows, no way, nobody [A] sees.
_ [D] Nobody [A] [E] knows, [D] but me.
Hey, hey, hey.
_ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ But he said, son, where's your alibi?
_ [E]
If you were somewhere else, [D] then you don't [A] have to die. _
Well, I spoke not a word, although it meant my life.
[E] I've been in the arms [D] of my best [A] friend's wife.
I _ [D] sleep alone, [A] _ [D] in the arms [A] of a _ _ lady. _ _
[D] She gives me the [A] time of day, [D] when the night [A] winds away. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Nobody knows, [D] no way, [A] nobody sees.
[D] _
[A] Nobody [E] knows, [D] but me. _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] She falls [A] asleep alone, [D] in a long, [A] fine, beard. _
_ _ _ _ [D] She gives me the [A] time of day, [D] when the night winds [A] away. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Nobody knows, [D] no way, nobody [A] sees.
[D] Nobody [A] [E] knows, [D] but me.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ With a scaffold that was high, eternity was near.
[E] She stood in the crowd, and no, [D] she didn't [A] interfere. _ _
_ _ _ _ The cold wind [E] blowed, with a long, fine beard.
[D] She cried, and hugged [A] my bone.
_ _ [D] She walks [A] me to bed, [D] in a long, [A] fine beard.
_ _ She [D] gives me the time [A] of day, when [D] the night [A] winds _ _ away. _ _ _ _
Nobody knows, [D] no way, nobody [A] sees.
[D]
Nobody [A] [E] knows, [D] but me. _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
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[Am] _ _ [N] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Yeah.
[Bb] _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ Ten years ago, on a cold dark night, [E] someone was killed [D] in a fat pale [A] blue light.
There were two at the scene, all dead and grey.
[E] That man, who ran, [D] looked at a lot [A] like me.
_ [D] He was a mean [A] little [D] man, with a long [A] brown _ beard.
He had _ _ [D] _ [A] a mighty beard, a [D] big, fine [A] beard. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Nobody [D] knows, no way, nobody [A] sees.
_ [D] Nobody [A] [E] knows, [D] but me.
Hey, hey, hey.
_ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ But he said, son, where's your alibi?
_ [E]
If you were somewhere else, [D] then you don't [A] have to die. _
Well, I spoke not a word, although it meant my life.
[E] I've been in the arms [D] of my best [A] friend's wife.
I _ [D] sleep alone, [A] _ [D] in the arms [A] of a _ _ lady. _ _
[D] She gives me the [A] time of day, [D] when the night [A] winds away. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Nobody knows, [D] no way, [A] nobody sees.
[D] _
[A] Nobody [E] knows, [D] but me. _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] She falls [A] asleep alone, [D] in a long, [A] fine, beard. _
_ _ _ _ [D] She gives me the [A] time of day, [D] when the night winds [A] away. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Nobody knows, [D] no way, nobody [A] sees.
[D] Nobody [A] [E] knows, [D] but me.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ With a scaffold that was high, eternity was near.
[E] She stood in the crowd, and no, [D] she didn't [A] interfere. _ _
_ _ _ _ The cold wind [E] blowed, with a long, fine beard.
[D] She cried, and hugged [A] my bone.
_ _ [D] She walks [A] me to bed, [D] in a long, [A] fine beard.
_ _ She [D] gives me the time [A] of day, when [D] the night [A] winds _ _ away. _ _ _ _
Nobody knows, [D] no way, nobody [A] sees.
[D]
Nobody [A] [E] knows, [D] but me. _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ [G] _
[Dm] _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [N] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Yeah.
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