#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 11:40:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Glenn Estes Subject: CRD: Long Black Veil - traditional Long Black Veil (traditional) G Ten years ago on a cold dark night D D7 C G There was someone shot 'neath the town hall light G Few were at the scene but they all agree D D7 C G That the man did the shooting looked a lot like me The judge said "Son, what is your alibi If you were somewhere else 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 friends wife (Chorus) C G C D7 G She walks these hills in a long black veil C G C D7 G She visits my grave while the night winds wail B7 C G Nobody knows, nobody sees, A7 D7 G Nobody knows but me The scaffold was high, and eternity near She stood in the crowd, but she shed not a tear But sometimes late at night, when the cold wind moans She visits my grave, and she cries o'er my bones (Chorus) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Glenn Estes,Accounting Manager| My opinions do not reflect those of B Levy & Son | my employer, unless he happens to be right. Scranton,PA USA SOL III | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------