The Band - Long Black Veil Ukulele

Long Black Veil chords
Dill / Wilkin (performed by The Band, The Chieftains, Johnny Cash, Joan Baez, The Byrds 
                    Dave Matthews Band etc.)

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Ten years ago on a cool dark night, 
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there was someone killed beneath the town hall light
 
There were few at the scene and they all did agree,
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that the one who ran looked a lot like me

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The judge said "Son, what is your alibi? 
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If you were somewhere else then you won't have to die"

I spoke not a word although it meant my life, 
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I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife

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She walks these hills in a long black veil; 
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she visits my grave where the night winds wail
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Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees, 
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nobody knows but me 

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The scaffold was high and eternity neared, 
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she stood in the crowd and shed not a tear 

But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans, 
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in a long black veil she cries over my bones

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She walks these hills in a long black veil; 
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she visits my grave where the night winds wail
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Nobody knows, no, and nobody sees, 
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nobody knows but me 

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nobody knows but me 


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