Chords for The Long Black Veil (Bobby Bare's version)
Tempo:
70.9 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
Bm
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [G] [A] [E]
Ten years ago, on a cold dark night, [B] someone was [E] killed,
[A] near the town [E] hall light.
There were few at the scene,
but they all agreed, that the [B] slayer who ran, [A] looked a lot [E] like me.
The judge, he said, son, what is your alibi?
If you were [B] somewhere else, [A] then you won't [E] have to die.
I spoke not a word, although it meant my life,
for I had [B] been in the arms [A] of my best [E] friend's wife.
She [A] walks [E] these hills, [A] in a long [E] black veil,
[A] she [E] visits my grave, when the [A] night [E] winds wail.
Nobody knows, [A] [E] nobody sees, [A]
[B] nobody knows [E] but me.
[Bm] [E]
[Bm] [E]
The scaffold was high, [B] and eternity was near,
[A] and she stood [E] in the crowd, and she had not a tear.
But sometimes at night, when the cold wind [B] moans,
in a long black veil, [A] she cries on [E] my bones.
If [A] she walks [E] these hills, in a [A] long [E] black veil,
[A] she visits [E] my grave, [A] when the night [E] winds wail.
Nobody knows, [A] nobody [E] sees, nobody [B] knows [E] but me.
[Bm] [E]
Ten years ago, on a cold dark night, [B] someone was [E] killed,
[A] near the town [E] hall light.
There were few at the scene,
but they all agreed, that the [B] slayer who ran, [A] looked a lot [E] like me.
The judge, he said, son, what is your alibi?
If you were [B] somewhere else, [A] then you won't [E] have to die.
I spoke not a word, although it meant my life,
for I had [B] been in the arms [A] of my best [E] friend's wife.
She [A] walks [E] these hills, [A] in a long [E] black veil,
[A] she [E] visits my grave, when the [A] night [E] winds wail.
Nobody knows, [A] [E] nobody sees, [A]
[B] nobody knows [E] but me.
[Bm] [E]
[Bm] [E]
The scaffold was high, [B] and eternity was near,
[A] and she stood [E] in the crowd, and she had not a tear.
But sometimes at night, when the cold wind [B] moans,
in a long black veil, [A] she cries on [E] my bones.
If [A] she walks [E] these hills, in a [A] long [E] black veil,
[A] she visits [E] my grave, [A] when the night [E] winds wail.
Nobody knows, [A] nobody [E] sees, nobody [B] knows [E] but me.
[Bm] [E]
Key:
E
A
B
Bm
G
E
A
B
[E] _ _ [G] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ _
Ten years ago, on a cold dark night, [B] someone was [E] killed,
[A] near the town [E] hall light.
There were few at the scene,
but they all agreed, that the [B] slayer who ran, [A] looked a lot [E] like me.
_ The judge, he said, son, what is your alibi?
If you were [B] somewhere else, [A] then you won't [E] have to die.
I spoke not a word, although it meant my life,
for I had [B] been in the arms [A] of my best [E] friend's wife.
She _ [A] walks [E] these hills, [A] in a long [E] black veil,
[A] she [E] visits my grave, when the [A] night [E] winds _ wail. _
Nobody knows, [A] _ [E] nobody sees, [A] _
[B] nobody knows [E] but me.
_ [Bm] _ [E] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
The scaffold was high, [B] and eternity was near,
[A] and she stood [E] in the crowd, and she had not a tear.
_ But sometimes at night, when the cold wind [B] moans,
in a long black veil, [A] she cries on [E] my bones.
If [A] she walks [E] these hills, in a [A] long [E] black veil,
[A] she visits [E] my grave, [A] when the night [E] winds _ wail.
Nobody knows, [A] nobody [E] sees, nobody [B] knows [E] but me.
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ _
Ten years ago, on a cold dark night, [B] someone was [E] killed,
[A] near the town [E] hall light.
There were few at the scene,
but they all agreed, that the [B] slayer who ran, [A] looked a lot [E] like me.
_ The judge, he said, son, what is your alibi?
If you were [B] somewhere else, [A] then you won't [E] have to die.
I spoke not a word, although it meant my life,
for I had [B] been in the arms [A] of my best [E] friend's wife.
She _ [A] walks [E] these hills, [A] in a long [E] black veil,
[A] she [E] visits my grave, when the [A] night [E] winds _ wail. _
Nobody knows, [A] _ [E] nobody sees, [A] _
[B] nobody knows [E] but me.
_ [Bm] _ [E] _ _
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
The scaffold was high, [B] and eternity was near,
[A] and she stood [E] in the crowd, and she had not a tear.
_ But sometimes at night, when the cold wind [B] moans,
in a long black veil, [A] she cries on [E] my bones.
If [A] she walks [E] these hills, in a [A] long [E] black veil,
[A] she visits [E] my grave, [A] when the night [E] winds _ wail.
Nobody knows, [A] nobody [E] sees, nobody [B] knows [E] but me.
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ _