INTRO:  A  G  D 
 
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Ten years ago, on a cold dark night 
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There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light 
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Few there at the scene, but they all agreed 
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That the slayer who ran 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 

I had 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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Visits my grave when the night winds wail 
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Nobody knows, nobody sees 
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Nobody knows but me  
The gallows were close and eternity near 
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear 
Sometimes at night, when the cold winds blow 
In a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones 
 
-Chorus- 
 
Nobody knows but me