The Long Black Veil - chords, tab and comments
This 1959 murder ballad written by Danny Dill and Maryjohn Wilkin was first recorded by Lefty Frizzell with Wilkin playing piono, and has become a standard recorded by artists and bands like Johnny Cash, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Band, Joan Baez and even Mick Jagger.
G ten years ago on a cold dark night D D7 C G someone was killed neath the town hall light G there were few at the scene but they all agreeded D D7 C that the slayer who ran looked a lot like me G C G C G now she walks these hills in a long black veil G C G C G she visits my grave when the night wind wail G G7 C G nobody knows • nobody sees G D7 G nobody knows but me
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