LONG BLACK VEIL by LEFTY FRIZZELL Chords

[E] .
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Ten years ago on a cold dark night.
There [B] was someone killed beneath [A] the town [E] hall light.
There were few at the scene but they all agreed.
That [B] the slayer who ran [A] looked a lot like [E] .
me.
The judge said son what is your alibi.
If [B] you were somewhere else [A] then you won't [E] have to die.
I spoke not a word though it meant my life.
For [B] I had been in the arms [A] of my best [E] friend's wife.
She .
[A] walks [E] these hills [F#m] in [A] a long [E] black veil.
She [A] visits [E] my grave [A] when the night [D] winds [E] wail.
Nobody knows, [A] [E] nobody sees, [A] nobody [B] .
knows [E] but me.
The sky falls high and eternity ends.
[B] She stood in the crowd [A] and shed [E] not a tear.
But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans.
In [B] a long black veil she [A] cries for [E] my bones.
She [A].
walks [E] these hills in [A] a long [E] black veil.
She [A] .
visits [E] my grave [A] when the night winds [E] wail.
Nobody knows, [A] nobody [E].
sees, [A] nobody [B] .
knows [E] but me .
[A] Nobody [B].
knows [E] but me .
[A] [B] .
[E] .