Chords for The Band- Long Black Veil Woodstock 1969
Tempo:
73.3 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Ten
[C] [G]
years ago, on a cold dark night, [D] there was someone who killed [C] me, the town [G] all light.
There were few at the scene, but they all did agree, [D] that man who ran [C] looked a lot [G] like me.
The judge said, son, what is your alibi?
If [D] you were somewhere else, [C] then you don't [G] have to die.
I spoke my word, although it meant my life.
[D] I had been in the arms [C] of my best [G] friend's wife.
She [C]
walks this [G] hill in a long [G] black veil.
[C] She presents [G] my credit [C] with an [G] acrid grin.
Nobody knows, [C] no end, nobody [G] sees.
[C] Nobody knows but me.
[G] The scaffold was high, and eternity near.
[D] She stood in the crowd [C] and shed not a tear.
But sometime tonight, when the cold wind moans, [D] in a long black veil, [C] she cries over [G] my bones.
[C] She walks [G] this hill [C] in a long [G] black veil.
[C] She presents [G] my credit [C] with an acrid [G] grin.
Nobody knows, [C] no end, [G] nobody sees.
[C] [G] Nobody knows [C] but me.
[D] [G]
[N]
[C] [G]
years ago, on a cold dark night, [D] there was someone who killed [C] me, the town [G] all light.
There were few at the scene, but they all did agree, [D] that man who ran [C] looked a lot [G] like me.
The judge said, son, what is your alibi?
If [D] you were somewhere else, [C] then you don't [G] have to die.
I spoke my word, although it meant my life.
[D] I had been in the arms [C] of my best [G] friend's wife.
She [C]
walks this [G] hill in a long [G] black veil.
[C] She presents [G] my credit [C] with an [G] acrid grin.
Nobody knows, [C] no end, nobody [G] sees.
[C] Nobody knows but me.
[G] The scaffold was high, and eternity near.
[D] She stood in the crowd [C] and shed not a tear.
But sometime tonight, when the cold wind moans, [D] in a long black veil, [C] she cries over [G] my bones.
[C] She walks [G] this hill [C] in a long [G] black veil.
[C] She presents [G] my credit [C] with an acrid [G] grin.
Nobody knows, [C] no end, [G] nobody sees.
[C] [G] Nobody knows [C] but me.
[D] [G]
[N]
Key:
C
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C
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D
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_ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ years ago, on a cold dark night, [D] there was someone who killed [C] me, the town [G] all light.
There were few at the scene, but they all did agree, [D] that man who ran [C] looked a lot [G] like me.
_ _ The judge said, son, what is your alibi?
If [D] you were somewhere else, [C] then you don't [G] have to die.
I spoke my word, although it meant my life.
[D] I had been in the arms [C] of my best [G] friend's wife.
She _ [C]
walks this [G] hill in a long [G] black _ veil.
[C] She presents [G] my credit [C] with an [G] acrid grin.
_ _ Nobody knows, [C] no end, nobody [G] sees.
[C] Nobody knows but me.
_ _ [G] The _ _ _ _ _ _ scaffold was high, and eternity near.
[D] She stood in the crowd [C] and shed not a tear.
But sometime tonight, when the cold wind moans, [D] in a long black veil, [C] she cries over [G] my bones.
_ [C] She walks [G] this hill [C] in a long [G] black _ veil.
[C] She presents [G] my credit [C] with an acrid [G] grin. _ _
_ _ Nobody knows, [C] no end, [G] nobody sees.
[C] _ [G] Nobody knows [C] but me.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ years ago, on a cold dark night, [D] there was someone who killed [C] me, the town [G] all light.
There were few at the scene, but they all did agree, [D] that man who ran [C] looked a lot [G] like me.
_ _ The judge said, son, what is your alibi?
If [D] you were somewhere else, [C] then you don't [G] have to die.
I spoke my word, although it meant my life.
[D] I had been in the arms [C] of my best [G] friend's wife.
She _ [C]
walks this [G] hill in a long [G] black _ veil.
[C] She presents [G] my credit [C] with an [G] acrid grin.
_ _ Nobody knows, [C] no end, nobody [G] sees.
[C] Nobody knows but me.
_ _ [G] The _ _ _ _ _ _ scaffold was high, and eternity near.
[D] She stood in the crowd [C] and shed not a tear.
But sometime tonight, when the cold wind moans, [D] in a long black veil, [C] she cries over [G] my bones.
_ [C] She walks [G] this hill [C] in a long [G] black _ veil.
[C] She presents [G] my credit [C] with an acrid [G] grin. _ _
_ _ Nobody knows, [C] no end, [G] nobody sees.
[C] _ [G] Nobody knows [C] but me.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
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