Written by Danny Dill/Marijohn Wilkin
By Lefty Frizzell (D)Ten years ago on a cold dark night There was(A) someone killed neath the (G)town hall (D)light (D)There were few at the scene, but they all agreed That the (A)slayer who ran looked a (G)lot like (D)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?d been in the arms of my best friend?s wifeThe scaffold was high and eternity near She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear But sometimes at night when the cold wind blows In a long black veil she cries over my bones Chorus tag: Nobody knows but me Nobody knows but meShe (G)walks these (D)hills in a (G)long black (D)veil She (G)visits my (D)grave when the (G)night winds (D)wail Nobody knows, (G)nobody (D)sees (G)Nobody (A)knows but (D)me