Long Black Veil

By Lefty Frizzell 
 
 
(D)Ten years ago on a cold dark night  
                                                            
There was(A) someone killed neath the (G)town hall (D)light  
 
(D)There were few at the scene, but they all agreed 
                                       
That the (A)slayer who ran looked a (G)lot like (D)me  
 
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 though it meant my life 
For I?d been in the arms of my best friend?s wife  


[Refrão]
She (G)walks these (D)hills 

in a (G)long black (D)veil  
                                  
She (G)visits my (D)grave
 
when the (G)night winds (D)wail  
                    
Nobody knows, (G)nobody (D)sees 
                
(G)Nobody (A)knows but (D)me
   
  
 
The scaffold was high and eternity near  
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear  
But sometimes at night when the cold wind blows  
In a long black veil she cries over my bones  
 
 
Chorus
 
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Nobody knows but me 
Nobody knows but me