Johnny Cash – Long Black Veil (Guitar)

Capo 5 Video Lesson
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Versions (2)

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Chords

[Verse 1]
G                   C
Ten years ago, on a cold dark night

D7                              C           G
Someone was killed, 'neath the town hall lights

           G                          C
There were few at the scene, but they all agreed

          D7                       C        G
That the slayer who ran, looked a lot like me
[Chorus]
         C          G           C          G
Now she walks these hills in a long black veil

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

G              C        G
  Nobody knows, nobody sees

C        D7        G
  Nobody knows but me
[Verse 2]
      G                    C
The scaffold was high and eternity near

D7                       C          G
She stood in a crowd and shed not a tear

    G                            C
But sometimes at night, when the cold wind moans

      D7                   C             G
In a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones
[Chorus]
     C          G           C          G
She walks these hills in a long black veil

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

G               C       G
  Nobody knows, nobody sees

C        D7        G
  Nobody knows but me
[Verse 3]
     G                           C
The judge said son, what is your alibi

            D7                   C                  G
If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die

   G                           C
I spoke not a word, though it meant my life

    D7                     C             G
I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife
[Chorus]
     C          G           C          G
She walks these hills in a long black veil

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

G              C        G
  Nobody knows, nobody sees

C         D7       G
  Nobody knows but me

G              C        G
  Nobody knows, nobody sees

C         D7       G    G
  Nobody knows but me