{"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":1809626,"song":"Long Black Veil","artist":"John Anderson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11398857-long-black-veil-chords-by-john-anderson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1809626?type=chord","rating":4.57859,"votes":22,"content":"John Anderson - Long Black Veil\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] \r\nTen years ago on a cold dark night [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                  \r\nA man was killed ‘neath the town hall light [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere were few at the scene, but 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\r\nThe judge said son what is your alibi \r\nIf you were somewhere else then you won’t have to die \r\nI spoke not a word though it meant my life\r\nFor I’d been in the arms of my best friend’s wife \r\n\r\n\r\nChorus\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\nAnd visits my grave when the night winds wail [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch] \r\nNobody knows, nobody sees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNobody knows but me  [/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\nThe scaffold was high and eternity near \r\nShe stood in the crowd and shed not a tear \r\nBut sometimes at night when the cold wind blows \r\nIn a long black veil she cries over my bones \r\n\r\n \r\nChorus\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\nAnd visits my grave when the night winds wail [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch] \r\nNobody knows, nobody sees[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNobody knows but me[/tab]","plain_text":"John Anderson - Long Black Veil\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe judge said son what is your alibi \nIf you were somewhere else then you won’t have to die \nI spoke not a word though it meant my life\nFor I’d been in the arms of my best friend’s wife \n\n\nChorus\n\n\n\n\n\n \nThe scaffold was high and eternity near \nShe stood in the crowd and shed not a tear \nBut sometimes at night when the cold wind blows \nIn a long black veil she cries over my bones \n\n \nChorus","chords":["G","D","C","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}