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Long Black Veil chords
Dill / Wilkin performed by The Band (also The Chieftains, Johnny Cash, Joan Baez, The Byrds etc.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Black_Veil
[Verse 1] *
Ten years ago on a cool dark night
There was someone killed beneath the town hall light
There were few at the scene and they all did agree
That the man who ran looked a lot like me
Verse 2
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
I had 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
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
Alternates:
Capo II
G = F
D = C
C = Bb
Capo V
G = D
D = A
C = G
Set8
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