{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1048981,"song":"Long Black Veil","artist":"The Band","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1048981-long-black-veil-chords-by-the-band/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1048981?type=chord","rating":4.66769,"votes":474,"content":"Long Black Veil chords\r\nDill / Wilkin performed by The Band (also The Chieftains, Johnny Cash, Joan Baez, The Byrds etc.)\r\n                           \r\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Black_Veil\r\n\r\n[Verse 1] *\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTen years ago on a cool dark night[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere was someone killed beneath the town hall light[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere were few at the scene and they all did agree[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat the man who ran looked a lot like me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe judge said, \"Son, what is your alibi?[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you were somewhere else then you won't have to die\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI spoke not a word although it meant my life[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI had been in the arms of my best friend's wife[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe walks these hills in a long black veil[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe visits my grave where the night winds wail[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch] \r\n  Nobody knows, no, and   nobody sees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Nobody knows but me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe scaffold was high and eternity neared[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe stood in the crowd and shed not a tear[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut sometimes at night when the cold wind moans[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn a long black veil she cries over my bones[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe walks these hills in a long black veil[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe visits my grave where the night winds wail[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Nobody knows, no, and   nobody sees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n  Nobody knows but me[/tab]\r\n\r\nAlternates:\r\n\r\nCapo II\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] = [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] = [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] = [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\r\nCapo V\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] = [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] = [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] = [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\nSet8","plain_text":"Long Black Veil chords\nDill / Wilkin performed by The Band (also The Chieftains, Johnny Cash, Joan Baez, The Byrds etc.)\n                           \nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Black_Veil\n\n[Verse 1] *\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlternates:\n\nCapo II\n\nG = F\nD = C\nC = Bb\n\nCapo V\n\nG = D\nD = A\nC = G\n\nSet8","chords":["G","D","C","F","Bb","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}