Guitar chords Long Black Veil

Long Black Veil is a country ballad written by Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin in 1959. The song narrates the tale of a man wrongly accused of murder and executed, while his alibi, having been in the arms of his best friends wife, remains a secret he takes to his grave. The song is noted for its somber mood and theme of loyalty, betrayal, and lost love.

Key:  G 
G
 
Ten years ago on a cool dark night
          
D
                          
C
         
G
 
There was someone killed beneath the town hall light
           
G
 
There were few at the scene and they all did agree
         
D
                    
C
        
G
 
That the man who ran looked a lot like me

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

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

    
G
 
The scaffold was high and eternity neared
    
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C
          
G
 
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
    
G
 
But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans
     
D
                   
C
             
G
 
In a long black veil she cries over my bones

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