Standard (EADGBE)

Ten years ago, on a cold dark night

Someone was killed, 'neath the town hall light

There were few at the scene, but they all agreed

 That the slayer who ran, looked a lot like me

 She walks these hills in a long black veil

 She visits my grave when the night winds wail

 Nobody knows, nobody sees

Nobody knows but 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, al-tho' it meant my life

 For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife

 The scaffold is high and eternity's near

 She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear

But sometimes at night, when the cold wind moans

 In a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones

 She walks these hills in a long black veil

 She visits my grave when the night winds wail

 Nobody knows, nobody sees

Nobody knows but me