Long Black Veil

G Ten years ago, on a cold dark night D C G There was someone 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 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 had been in the arms of my best friend's wife C G C G She walks these hills in a long black veil C G C G She visits my grave when the night winds wail G C G Nobody knows, nobody sees C D C G Nobody knows but me The scaffold is high, and eternity nears She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear But sometimes at night when the cold wind mourns In a long black veil she cries over 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, nobody knows but me, nobody knows but me