Long Black Veil Chords by Harry Manx
Tempo:
79.7 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
E
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[E] [D]
[Bm]
[D]
[A]
[D] Well, ten years ago, on a cold dark night, Someone was killed near the town hall light.
There were few at the scene, but they all agreed, The slayer ran looked a lot like me.
She walks these hills in a long black veil, She visits my graveyard when the night winds
wail.
Now the judge said, son, what is your alibi?
[A] You're [D] somewhere else where you won't have to die.
But I spoke not a word, though it meant my life.
[A] I'd [D] been in the arms of my best friend's wife.
[G]
[D] She walks these hills in a [G] [D] long black veil, [G]
[D] She visits my graveyard when the night winds wail.
[A] [D]
[Em] [D]
Nobody knows, [G]
[D] nobody sees, nobody knows but me.
[G]
[D]
Well, a scaffold is high, an eternity's near, [A] She stood in the [D] crowd and she shed not a tear.
But sometimes at night, when a cold wind moans, [A]
In a [D] long black veil, she cries on my bones.
She walks these hills in [G] a [D] long black veil, [G] [D] She visits my graveyard when the night winds wail.
Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me.
Nobody knows, [G] nobody [D] sees, [A] nobody knows [D] but me.
Nobody knows, [G] nobody [Dm] sees, [D]
[A] nobody [D] knows [G] but me.
[D]
[E] [D]
[Bm]
[D]
[A]
[D] Well, ten years ago, on a cold dark night, Someone was killed near the town hall light.
There were few at the scene, but they all agreed, The slayer ran looked a lot like me.
She walks these hills in a long black veil, She visits my graveyard when the night winds
wail.
Now the judge said, son, what is your alibi?
[A] You're [D] somewhere else where you won't have to die.
But I spoke not a word, though it meant my life.
[A] I'd [D] been in the arms of my best friend's wife.
[G]
[D] She walks these hills in a [G] [D] long black veil, [G]
[D] She visits my graveyard when the night winds wail.
[A] [D]
[Em] [D]
Nobody knows, [G]
[D] nobody sees, nobody knows but me.
[G]
[D]
Well, a scaffold is high, an eternity's near, [A] She stood in the [D] crowd and she shed not a tear.
But sometimes at night, when a cold wind moans, [A]
In a [D] long black veil, she cries on my bones.
She walks these hills in [G] a [D] long black veil, [G] [D] She visits my graveyard when the night winds wail.
Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me.
Nobody knows, [G] nobody [D] sees, [A] nobody knows [D] but me.
Nobody knows, [G] nobody [Dm] sees, [D]
[A] nobody [D] knows [G] but me.
[D]
Key:
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ Well, ten years ago, on a cold dark night, _ Someone was killed near the town hall light.
_ _ There were few at the scene, but they all agreed, _ _ The slayer ran looked a lot like me. _
_ _ _ _ She walks these hills in a long black veil, She visits my graveyard when the night winds
_ _ wail.
Now the judge said, son, what is your alibi? _
[A] You're [D] somewhere else where you won't have to die.
_ _ But I spoke not a word, though it meant my life.
_ [A] I'd [D] been in the arms of my best friend's wife.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
[D] She walks these hills in a [G] [D] long black veil, [G] _
[D] She visits my graveyard when the night winds wail. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Nobody _ knows, [G] _
[D] nobody sees, _ nobody knows but me.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, a scaffold is high, an _ eternity's near, [A] _ She stood in the [D] crowd and she shed not a tear.
_ _ _ _ But sometimes at night, when a cold wind moans, [A] _
In a [D] long black veil, she cries on my bones. _ _
_ _ She walks these hills in [G] a [D] long black veil, [G] _ [D] She visits my graveyard when the night winds wail. _ _ _ _ _ _
Nobody knows, _ nobody _ sees, nobody knows but me.
_ _ Nobody knows, _ [G] nobody [D] sees, _ [A] nobody knows [D] but me.
_ _ Nobody knows, [G] _ nobody [Dm] sees, _ [D] _
[A] nobody [D] knows [G] but me. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ Well, ten years ago, on a cold dark night, _ Someone was killed near the town hall light.
_ _ There were few at the scene, but they all agreed, _ _ The slayer ran looked a lot like me. _
_ _ _ _ She walks these hills in a long black veil, She visits my graveyard when the night winds
_ _ wail.
Now the judge said, son, what is your alibi? _
[A] You're [D] somewhere else where you won't have to die.
_ _ But I spoke not a word, though it meant my life.
_ [A] I'd [D] been in the arms of my best friend's wife.
_ _ _ _ [G] _
[D] She walks these hills in a [G] [D] long black veil, [G] _
[D] She visits my graveyard when the night winds wail. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Nobody _ knows, [G] _
[D] nobody sees, _ nobody knows but me.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, a scaffold is high, an _ eternity's near, [A] _ She stood in the [D] crowd and she shed not a tear.
_ _ _ _ But sometimes at night, when a cold wind moans, [A] _
In a [D] long black veil, she cries on my bones. _ _
_ _ She walks these hills in [G] a [D] long black veil, [G] _ [D] She visits my graveyard when the night winds wail. _ _ _ _ _ _
Nobody knows, _ nobody _ sees, nobody knows but me.
_ _ Nobody knows, _ [G] nobody [D] sees, _ [A] nobody knows [D] but me.
_ _ Nobody knows, [G] _ nobody [Dm] sees, _ [D] _
[A] nobody [D] knows [G] but me. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
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