{"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":1913387,"song":"Long Black Veil","artist":"Joan Baez","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11429861-long-black-veil-chords-by-joan-baez/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1913387?type=chord","rating":4.82795,"votes":63,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nTen years ago on a cold dark night,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSomeone was killed 'neath the Town Hall light[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch] \r\nThe people who saw they all agreed[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A7[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat the slayer who ran looked a lot like me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe judge said, \"son, what is your alibi?[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A7[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf you were somewheres else, then you won't have to die\".[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI spoke not a word, though it meant my life,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A7[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe walks these hills in a long black veil,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nVisits my grave when the night winds wail,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nNobody knows, nobody sees,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNobody knows, but me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe scaffold is high, eternity near,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A7[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe stands in the crowd, she sheds not a tear,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut sometimes at night, when the cold winds moan,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A7[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn a long black veil she cries o'er my bones.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe walks these hills in a long black veil,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nVisits my grave when the night winds wail,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nNobody knows, nobody sees,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNobody knows, but me.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nA  G  D\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A","G","D","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"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]}}}