Long Black Veil Chords by Jerry Garcia
Tempo:
109.75 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
F#m
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [A]
[D] [G]
[D]
Ten years ago on a cold dark night [A] there was someone killed
[G] Neat the town [D] hall light few were there to see
But they all agreed [A] that the [D] slayer [A] who ran [G] looked a lot [D] like me
The judge said son what is your alibi?
You [F#m] were somewhere
[A] else [G] you won't [D] have to die
I spoke not a word though it meant my life
[A] I had been in the arms [G] of my best [D] friend's wife
[G] She walks [D] these hills [G] in a long [D] black veil
[G]
Fizzing [D] my grain
[Am] [G] when the night [D]
winds wail
Nobody
[Am] knows [G]
[D] nobody sees
[G] Nobody [A] knows [D] but me
[E]
[D]
[A]
[G]
[D]
[A]
[G] [D]
The gallows were close and he turned to you near
He [A] stood in the crowd [G] and shed [D] not a tear
Sometimes at night when the cold winds blow
[A] In a long [D] black [A] veil [G] she cries [D] on my bones
She
[G] walks [D] these hills [G] in a long [D] black veil
[G] She visits my [D] grave [G] when the night [D] winds wail
[B] [F#m] [D]
Nobody knows
[C] [G] [D] nobody [G] sees
Nobody [A] knows [D] but me
[G] Nobody [A]
[Em] knows [A] [D] but me
[D] [G]
[D]
Ten years ago on a cold dark night [A] there was someone killed
[G] Neat the town [D] hall light few were there to see
But they all agreed [A] that the [D] slayer [A] who ran [G] looked a lot [D] like me
The judge said son what is your alibi?
You [F#m] were somewhere
[A] else [G] you won't [D] have to die
I spoke not a word though it meant my life
[A] I had been in the arms [G] of my best [D] friend's wife
[G] She walks [D] these hills [G] in a long [D] black veil
[G]
Fizzing [D] my grain
[Am] [G] when the night [D]
winds wail
Nobody
[Am] knows [G]
[D] nobody sees
[G] Nobody [A] knows [D] but me
[E]
[D]
[A]
[G]
[D]
[A]
[G] [D]
The gallows were close and he turned to you near
He [A] stood in the crowd [G] and shed [D] not a tear
Sometimes at night when the cold winds blow
[A] In a long [D] black [A] veil [G] she cries [D] on my bones
She
[G] walks [D] these hills [G] in a long [D] black veil
[G] She visits my [D] grave [G] when the night [D] winds wail
[B] [F#m] [D]
Nobody knows
[C] [G] [D] nobody [G] sees
Nobody [A] knows [D] but me
[G] Nobody [A]
[Em] knows [A] [D] but me
Key:
D
G
A
F#m
Am
D
G
A
[D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Ten _ years ago _ on a cold dark night [A] there was _ someone killed
_ _ [G] Neat the town [D] hall light _ _ _ _ _ _ few were there to see
But they all agreed _ [A] that the _ [D] slayer [A] who ran _ [G] looked a lot [D] like me _ _ _
_ _ _ The judge said son what is your _ _ alibi?
You [F#m] were _ somewhere _
[A] else _ [G] you won't [D] have to die _ _
_ _ I spoke _ not a word though it _ meant my life
[A] I had been in the arms [G] of my best [D] friend's wife _ _ _
_ _ [G] She walks [D] these hills _ [G] in a long _ [D] black _ _ veil
_ _ _ [G] _
Fizzing [D] my grain _
[Am] [G] when the night _ [D]
winds _ wail _ _
_ _ _ Nobody _
_ _ [Am] knows [G] _ _
[D] nobody _ _ sees
[G] Nobody _ [A] _ knows _ [D] but me _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ The _ gallows were close and he turned to you near
He [A] stood in the crowd [G] and _ shed [D] not a tear _ _ _
_ _ Sometimes _ at night _ when the cold winds blow _
[A] In a long [D] black [A] veil [G] she cries [D] on my bones
_ She _
_ [G] walks _ [D] these hills _ [G] in a long [D] black veil _ _ _
_ _ [G] She visits my [D] grave _ [G] when the night [D] winds _ _ wail
_ [B] _ [F#m] _ [D] _
_ Nobody knows _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] nobody _ [G] sees _ _
Nobody [A] _ knows [D] but me _ _ _ _
[G] _ Nobody _ _ [A] _
[Em] knows _ [A] [D] but me
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Ten _ years ago _ on a cold dark night [A] there was _ someone killed
_ _ [G] Neat the town [D] hall light _ _ _ _ _ _ few were there to see
But they all agreed _ [A] that the _ [D] slayer [A] who ran _ [G] looked a lot [D] like me _ _ _
_ _ _ The judge said son what is your _ _ alibi?
You [F#m] were _ somewhere _
[A] else _ [G] you won't [D] have to die _ _
_ _ I spoke _ not a word though it _ meant my life
[A] I had been in the arms [G] of my best [D] friend's wife _ _ _
_ _ [G] She walks [D] these hills _ [G] in a long _ [D] black _ _ veil
_ _ _ [G] _
Fizzing [D] my grain _
[Am] [G] when the night _ [D]
winds _ wail _ _
_ _ _ Nobody _
_ _ [Am] knows [G] _ _
[D] nobody _ _ sees
[G] Nobody _ [A] _ knows _ [D] but me _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ The _ gallows were close and he turned to you near
He [A] stood in the crowd [G] and _ shed [D] not a tear _ _ _
_ _ Sometimes _ at night _ when the cold winds blow _
[A] In a long [D] black [A] veil [G] she cries [D] on my bones
_ She _
_ [G] walks _ [D] these hills _ [G] in a long [D] black veil _ _ _
_ _ [G] She visits my [D] grave _ [G] when the night [D] winds _ _ wail
_ [B] _ [F#m] _ [D] _
_ Nobody knows _
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] nobody _ [G] sees _ _
Nobody [A] _ knows [D] but me _ _ _ _
[G] _ Nobody _ _ [A] _
[Em] knows _ [A] [D] but me
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _