The Long Black Veil

	  		 

Intro 

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Verse 1:

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Well, ten years ago, on a cold dark night 
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   Someone was killed 'neath the town's hall light 
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There were few at the scene but they all agreed 
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That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me 

Verse 2:

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The judge said to me, "Son, what is your alibi? 
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You were somewhere else, then you won't have to die" 
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Well, I spoke not a word, though it meant my life 
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For I'd 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 when the night winds wail 
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Oh, nobody knows and nobody sees 
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   Nobody knows but me 


Interlude 

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Verse 3:

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The scaffold was high and eternity near 
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She stood in the crowd but she shed not a tear 
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And sometimes at night, when the cold wind blows 
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She stands o'er my grave and weeps o'er my bones 


 
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She walks these hills in a long black veil 
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She visits my grave when the night winds wail 
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Oh, nobody knows and nobody sees 
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   Nobody knows but me 
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Oh, nobody knows but me 
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Oh, nobody knows but me