Long Black Veil:Lefty Frizzell.
#6 in 1959. (A crossover hit.)

#1.
ETen (022100@1)years ago, on a cold dark night,
          B (x2444x@1)                       A (x02220@1)       Ethere (022100@1)was someone killed 'neath the town hall light.
EThere (022100@1)were few were at the scene, but they all agreed,
         B (x2444x@1)                     A (x02220@1)      Ethat (022100@1)the slayer who ran looked a lot like me.

#2.
EThe (022100@1)judge said, 'Son, what is your alibi?
            B (x2444x@1)                     A (x02220@1)           EIf (022100@1)you were somewhere else then you won't have to die.'
EI (022100@1)spoke not a word though it meant my life,
          B (x2444x@1)                    A (x02220@1)           Efor (022100@1)I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife.

CHORUS:
    A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)        EShe (022100@1)walks these hills, in a long black veil.
    A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)             A (x02220@1)         EShe (022100@1)visits my grave, when the night winds wail.
E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)   A (x02220@1)    B (x2444x@1)        ENobody (022100@1)knows, nobody sees..nobody knows, but me.

#3.
EThe (022100@1)scaffold is high, and eternity nears..
    B (x2444x@1)                    A (x02220@1)        Eshe (022100@1)stood in the crowd and shed not a tear.
EBut (022100@1)sometimes at night when the cold wind blows,
     B (x2444x@1)                  A (x02220@1)           Ein (022100@1)a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones.

CHORUS:
    A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)        EShe (022100@1)walks these hills, in a long black veil.
    A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)             A (x02220@1)         EShe (022100@1)visits my grave, when the night winds wail.
E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)   A (x02220@1)    B (x2444x@1)        ENobody (022100@1)knows, nobody sees..nobody knows, but me.

OUTRO:
A (x02220@1)    B (x2444x@1)       E (022100@1)  A (x02220@1)    B (x2444x@1)       ENobody (022100@1)knows but me...nobody knows but me. (Fade.)


A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.