Long Black Veil chords by Johnny Cash
Guitar chords with lyrics
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Verse 1:
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Ten years ago on a cold dark night,
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someone was killed by the town hall lights.
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Few were at the scene, but they all agreed,
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that the slayer who ran looked a lot like me.
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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, nobody knows, but me
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Verse 2:
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The Judge said son, what is your alibi,
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if you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die.
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I spoke not a word, though it meant my life,
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for i'd been in the arms of my best friends wife.
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, nobody knows, but me
Verse 3:
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Now the scaffold is high, and eternity's near.
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She stood in the crowd, and shed not a tear.
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But some times at night, when the cold wind moans
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In a long black veil, she cries over my bones
Chorus:
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She walks these hills, in a long black veil.
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When the cold winds blow, and the night winds wail.
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Nobody knows, nobody sees.
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Nobody knows, but me.