Chords for Lefty Frizzell -The Long Black Veil (ORIGINAL) - (1959) & Answer Song.

Tempo:
134.55 bpm
Chords used:

A

D

E

G

B

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Lefty Frizzell -The Long Black Veil (ORIGINAL) - (1959) & Answer Song. chords
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[E]
Ten years ago on a cold dark night [B] there was someone killed
Neath [A] the [E] town hall light.
There were few at the scene
But they all agreed that [B] the slayer who ran looked [A] a lot like [E] me
The judge said, son, what is your alibi?
somewhere else [A] then you won't have [E] to die
spoke not a word, though it meant my life
100%  ➙  135BPM
A
1231
D
1321
E
2311
G
2131
B
12341112
A
1231
D
1321
E
2311
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Learn the basic chords of Lefty Frizzell - (Album Version) Long Black Veil chords, with this master sequence: D, A, E, A, D, G and D. Ease into the song by practicing at 67 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 135 BPM. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: D Major.

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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Ten years ago _ on a _ cold dark night [B] there was someone _ killed
Neath [A] the [E] town hall light.
There were few at the scene _
But they all agreed that [B] the _ slayer who ran looked [A] a lot like [E] me
_ _ The _ _ _ judge said, son, what is your _ _ alibi?
If you [B] were _ somewhere else _ _ [A] then you won't have [E] to die
I spoke _ not a word, though it meant my life
For I [B] had been _ in the arms of [A] my best _ [E] friend's wife _
_ She _ _ [A] walks [E] these hills [A] in a long _
[E] black veil
She [A] _ _
visits [E] my grave _ [A] when the night [E] winds _ _ _ _ wail
_ _ _ _ Nobody knows, _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] nobody _ sees, _ [A] _ _ nobody [B] _
_ knows [E] but _ me _
The _ _ sky _ falls high _ and _ eternity _ _ nears
She [B] stood in the crowd _ and [F#m] shed _ not [E] a tear
But _ sometimes at night when the cold wind _ moans
In [B] a long black veil _ [A] she cries for [E] my bones _
She _ _ _ [A] walks [E] these hills [A] in a _ long [E] black veil
[A] She _ visits [E] my grave _ [A] when the night [E] winds _ _ _ wail
_ _ _ _ _ Nobody _ knows, _ _ [A] _ nobody _
[E] _ sees, _ [A] _ _ nobody [B] knows _ but [E] _ me
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ Nobody _ [B] knows _ _ [E] but _ me
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [D] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Ten _ _ years ago _ on a cold _ dark night
[A] There was someone _ killed _ [G] neath the town _ [D] hall light _ _
_ _ The _ few at the scene were _ wrong as could be
[A] Cause the man they _ _ accused [G] that night was [D] with _ me
_ _ _ But _ _ _ _ _ what could he do _ and what could he say
_ [A] For that one stolen night he [G] _
just [D] had to pay _ _
He _ _ _ couldn't tell a soul _ that I was out with him
For the [A] whole _ town knew _ [G] I belonged to his [D] best friend _ _
_ _ Now [G] I walk _ [D] these hills _ in [G] my long _ [D] black veil
_ I [G] visit [D] his grave when [G] the night _ [D] winds _ _ wail
_ _ _ _ _ Nobody _ _ _ _ _ knows, [G] _
_ _ [D] nobody _ _ sees, [G] _ _ nobody [A] _ _ _
knows but [D] _ [Am] me
_ [D] _ _
The _ _ scaffold was high, _ I knew his death was near
I [A] stood in the crowd and [G] shed _ [D] unseen _ tears _ _
_ But _ _ sometimes at night when the cold wind _ moans
[A] In my long black veil _ I [G] _
_ rebore [D] his _ bones
_ _ _ [G] I walk [Bm] these hills [D] _ in my [G] long _ [D] black veil
_ [G] I _ visit [D] his grave _ when [G] the night _ [D] winds _ _ _ _ _ wail _ _ _
Nobody _ knows, _ _ [G] _ _
_ nobody [D] _ _ sees, _
[G] _ _ nobody [A] _ _ knows [D] but me _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was penned by Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin.

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