Long Black Veil Chords

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GTen years ago, on a cold dark night, there was

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 sGomeone killed 'neath the Town Hall light. There were

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few at the scene, but they all agreed that the

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 mGan who ran looked a lot like me. She

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 wGalks these hill in a long black veil. She

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 vGisits my grave while the night winds wail.

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 NCobody knows, nobody sees,

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 NGobody knows but me.

The judge said: Son, what is your alibi

If you were somewhere else, then you don't have to die.

I spoke not a word though it ment my life

For I'd been in the arms of my best friends wife.

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The scaffold was high and eternity was near

She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear.

But sometimes at night when the cold winds moan

In a long black veil she cries over my bones.

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