{"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":2286895,"song":"The Long Black Veil","artist":"Dave Gunning","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11479628-the-long-black-veil-chords-by-dave-gunning/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2286895?type=chord","rating":4.70863,"votes":13,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  \r\n\r\n[Verse]\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\nThere was someone killed, 'neath the town hall lights[/tab]\r\nJust a few at the scene, but they all did agree\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\nThe judge said son, what is your alibi\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\nWell I spoke not a word, although it meant my life\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\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, when the night winds wail[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNobody knows, lord, nobody sees, nobody knows but me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell the scaffold was high, and eternity near[/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\nBut sometimes at night, when the cold wind moans\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn a long black veil, she cries all over my bones[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\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, when the night winds wail[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nEm  G  Em  D  \n\n[Verse]\n\n\nJust a few at the scene, but they all did agree\n\nThe judge said son, what is your alibi\n\nWell I spoke not a word, although it meant my life\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\nBut sometimes at night, when the cold wind moans\n\n\n[Chorus 2]","chords":["Em","G","D","C"],"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}