Chords for James King Band - Long Black Veil

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Ten years ago on a cold hard night, [F] a man was killed [Eb] beneath a town [Bb] hall light.
There were few at the scene, they all agreed [F] to surrender and [Eb] love their [Bb] Lord like me. _
The judge said, son what is your alibi?
[F] He said, son _ you [Bb] won't have to die. _
But I spoke not a word, the Lord made my life, [F] I was in the arms of my [Bb] best friend's wife. _ _
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ The scaffold stood high, he turned and jingled, [F] she stood in the crowd [Eb] like she should [Bb] not have taken.
Now sometimes at night when the cold wind blows, [F] a long black girl [Eb] she'll cry [Bb] over my bones.
She walks to these hills, [Eb] a long [Bb] black girl, she [Eb]
visits my grave when the night [Bb] winds blow. _ _
Nobody knows what it means, _ [Cm]
[F] nobody knows [Bb] nothing, _ _ _ [Cm] _
nobody [F] knows _ _ _ [Bb] but _ _ _ _ me. _ _