Bobby Bare – The Long Black Veil (Guitar)

Capo 2
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As recorded by Bobby Bare (From the 1966 Album TALK ME SOME SENSE) [Intro] D A D A [Verse 1]
D
Ten years ago on a cold dark night

A                            G         D
Someone was killed neath the town hall light

D
There were few at the scene but they all agreed

         A                       G        D
That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me
[Verse 2]
D
The judge he said son what is your alibi

            A                   G                 D
If you were somewhere else then you won't have to die

D
I spoke not a word although it meant my life

          A                      G             D
For I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife
[Chorus]
    G           D          G          D
She walks these hills in a long black veil

    G         D              G           D
She visits my grave when the night winds wail

             G      D    G      A         D
Nobody knows nobody sees nobody knows but me
[Harmonica Solo] Am D Am D [Verse 3]
D                     A
The scaffold was high and eternity was near

G                     D
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear

                                               A
But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans

                           G                  D
In the long black veil she cries o'er my bones
[Chorus]
        G           D          G          D
Yes she walks these hills in a long black veil

    G         D              G           D
She visits my grave when the night winds wail

             G      D    G      A         D
Nobody knows nobody sees nobody knows but me
[Outro] Am D Am D