Capo 2

VERSE 1:
GTen (320003@1)years ago, on a cold dark night,
          D (xx0232@1)                       C (x32010@1)       Gthere (320003@1)was someone killed 'neath the town hall light.
GThere (320003@1)were few were at the scene, but they all agreed,
         D (xx0232@1)                     C (x32010@1)      Gthat (320003@1)the slayer who ran looked a lot like me.

VERSE 2:
GThe (320003@1)judge said, 'Son, what is your alibi?
            D (xx0232@1)                 C (x32010@1)               GIf (320003@1)you were somewhere else then you won't have to die.'
GI (320003@1)spoke not a word though it meant my life,
          D (xx0232@1)                    C (x32010@1)           Gfor (320003@1)I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife.

CHORUS:
    C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)        GShe (320003@1)walks these hills, in a long black veil.
    C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)         GShe (320003@1)visits my grave, when the night winds wail.
G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)        GNobody (320003@1)knows, nobody sees. Nobody knows, but me.

VERSE 3:
GThe (320003@1)scaffold is high, and eternity near,
    D (xx0232@1)                    C (x32010@1)        Gshe (320003@1)stood in the crowd and shed not a tear.
GBut (320003@1)sometimes at night when the cold wind blows,
     D (xx0232@1)                  C (x32010@1)           Gin (320003@1)a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones.

CHORUS:
    C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)        GShe (320003@1)walks these hills, in a long black veil.
    C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)         GShe (320003@1)visits my grave, when the night winds wail.
G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)        GNobody (320003@1)knows, nobody sees..nobody knows, but me.

OUTRO:
C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)       GNobody (320003@1)knows but me...nobody knows but me. (Fade.)

Modified version of tab by Kraziekhat
RRK 6/3/2011