Misc Traditional – Long Black Veil (Ukulele)

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

          G                         F         C
there was someone killed 'neath the town hall light.

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

         G                    F        C
that the man who ran looked a lot like me.
[Chorus]
    F           C          F          C
She walks these hills in a long black veil.

    F         C               F          C
She visits my grave while the night wind wails.

C             F      C     F      G         C
Nobody knows, Nobody sees, Nobody knows but me.
[Verse 2]
    C
The judge said "Son, what is your alibi?

       G                             F             C
If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die."

        C
Well, I said not a word, though it meant my life

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

    F         C               F          C
She visits my grave while the night wind wails.

C             F      C     F      G         C
Nobody knows, Nobody sees, Nobody knows but me.
[Verse 3]
    C
The scaffold was high, and eternity neared

    G                      F          C
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear.

    C
But sometimes at night, when the cold wind blows

     G                          F       C
In a long black veil, she cries over my bones.
[Chorus]
    F           C          F          C
She walks these hills in a long black veil.

    F         C               F          C
She visits my grave while the night wind wails.

C             F      C     F      G         C
Nobody knows, Nobody sees, Nobody knows but me.
[Chorus]
    F           C          F          C
She walks these hills in a long black veil.

    F         C               F          C
She visits my grave while the night wind wails.

C             F      C     F      G         C
Nobody knows, Nobody sees, Nobody knows but me.
[Outro]
C             F      C     F      G         C
Nobody knows, Nobody sees, Nobody knows but me.