Johnny Cash
Long Black Veil

Capo 1; Carter-Style w/ Alternating Bass Lines

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Ten years ago, on a cold dark night
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Some one was killed, neath the town hall lights
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There were few at the scene, but they all agreed
         A                        G              D
That the slayer who ran, looked a whole lot like me

	Chorus:
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	She walks these hills, in a long black veil
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	She visits my grave, when the night winds wail
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	Nobody knows, Nobody sees
	A                 D
	Nobody knows, but me.

The Judge said “son, what’s your alibi”
If you were somewhere else, then you won’t have to die
I spoke not a word, though it meant my life
I had been in the arms, of my best friend’s wife

	(REPEAT CHORUS)

Now the scaffold is high and eternity’s near
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night, when the cold wind moans
In a long black veil, she cries o’er my bones

	(REPEAT CHORUS)