Lefty Frizzell

Long Black Veil(Chords)

Lefty Frizzell

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	        By Lefty Frizzell 
 
 
(D)Ten years ago on a cold dark night  
                                                            
There was(A) someone killed neath the (G)town hall (D)light  
 
(D)There were few at the scene, but they all agreed 
                                       
That the (A)slayer who ran looked a (G)lot like (D)me  
 
The judge said son what is your alibi  
If you were somewhere else then you won?t have to die  
I spoke not a word though it meant my life 
For I?d been in the arms of my best friend?s wife  

She (G)walks these (D)hills in a (G)long black (D)veil She (G)visits my (D)grave when the (G)night winds (D)wail Nobody knows, (G)nobody (D)sees (G)Nobody (A)knows but (D)me
The scaffold was high and eternity near She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear But sometimes at night when the cold wind blows In a long black veil she cries over my bones Chorus tag: Nobody knows but me Nobody knows but me

Written by Danny Dill/Marijohn Wilkin

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