Long Black Veil - The Band (Dill / Wilkin) 

INTRO: 	G	G	

VERSE 1
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Ten years ago on a cool dark night, 
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there was someone killed beneath the town hall light

There were few at the scene and they all did agree,
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that the one who ran looked a lot like me

VERSE 2
    G
The judge said "Son, what is your alibi? 
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If you were somewhere else then you won't have to die"

I spoke not a word although it meant my life, 
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I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife

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

VERSE 3
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The scaffold was high and eternity neared, 
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she stood in the crowd and shed not a tear 

But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans, 
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in a long black veil she cries over my bones

CHORUS/OUT-TRO
    C           G          C          G
She walks these hills in a long black veil; 
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she visits my grave where the night winds wail
                      C      G 
Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees, 
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nobody knows but me