Long Black Veil

Johnny Cash

Key BbDifficulty 1

Bb Ten years ago on a cold dark night,

F someone was killed in the Eb town of Bb lights.

There were Bb Few were at the scene, but they all agreed that the

F slayer who ran looked a Eb lot like Bb me.

She Eb walks these Bb hills in a F long black Eb ve-Bb-il.

She Eb visits my Bb grave when the F night winds Eb wa-Bb-il.

Bb Nobody knows, nobody sees. F Nobody Eb knows but Bb me.

Bb The judge said son what is your alibi, if you were

F somewhere else, then Eb you dont have to Bb die.

I Bb spoke not a word though it meant my life.

I'd F been in the arms of my Eb best friend's Bb wife.

Bb Now the scaffold is high and eternity's near,

she F stood in the crowd and Eb shed not a Bb tear.

Bb Sometimes at night when the cold wind blows,

in a F long black veil she Eb cries over my Bb bones.

She Eb walks these Bb hills in a F long black Eb ve-Bb-il.

She Eb visits my Bb grave when the F night winds Eb wa-Bb-il.

Bb Nobody knows, nobody sees. F Nobody Eb knows but Bb me.