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Long Black Veil

Dave Matthews Band
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4.8(50)

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Verse

Ten years ago on a cool dark night
Someone was killed beneath the town hall light
The few at the scene all did agree
That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me

Chorus

She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave where the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees
Nobody knows but me

Verse 2

(Julia)
The judge said, "Son, what is your alibi?
If you were somewhere else then you won't have to die"
I spoke not a word although it meant my life
But I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife

Chorus

She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave where the night winds wail
Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
Guiat solo repeat verse

Verse 3

The scaffold was high and eternity neared
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 over my bones

Chorus

She walks these hills in a long black veil
She visits my grave where the night winds wail
Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees
Nobody knows but me
Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees
Nobody knows but me

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