Song Name: | Long Black Veil | By: | Johnny Cash, Joan Baez |
Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | Eb | Genre: | Folk |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2009-08-19 12:08:18 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | LONG BLACK VEIL
By Marijon Wilkins & Danny Hill Johnny Cash, Joan Baez Key: Eb 7 7 7 76 7 -8 8 8 -87 Ten years a-go on a cold dark night, -8 -8 8 -8 6 6 7 7 -8 7 Some one was killed �neath the Town Hall light 7 7 7 7 7 6 7-8 8 8 -8 7 The peo-ple who saw they all a-greed -7 7 -8 -8 8 -8 That the slay-er who ran 6 6 7 7 -8 7 looked a lot like me. 7 7 7 7 6 7 -8 8 8 -8 7 The judge said, �son, what is your al-i-bi? -8 -8 8 -8 7 7 If you were some-wheres else, -8 7 7 -6 -6 6 then you won't have to die�. 7 7 7 7 76 7 -8 8 8 -8 8 I spoke not a word, though it meant my life, 6 7 -8 -8 8 -8 For I'd been in the arms 6 -6 7 7 -8 7 of my best friend's wife. 6-6 7 7 7 6 6 -6 7 7 8-88-87 She walks these hills in a long black veil, -6 7 7 -6 6 6 -6 7 -87 8-88-87 Vis-its my grave when the night winds wail, 89 9 -10 9 8 7 7 7 8-87 No-bod-y knows, no-bod-y sees, 6 7 7 -8 8 8-87 No-bod-y knows, but me. The scaffold is high, eternity near, She stands in the crowd, she sheds not a tear, But sometimes at night, when the cold winds moan, In a long black veil she cries o'er my bones. She walks these hills in a long black veil, Visits my grave when the night winds wail, Nobody knows, nobody sees, Nobody knows, but me. |