{"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":7174,"song":"Long Black Veil","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11538268-long-black-veil-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/7174?type=chord","rating":4.17669,"votes":4,"content":"From: Glenn Estes\r\n\r\nLong Black Veil\r\n(traditional)\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]D7[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere was someone shot 'neath the town hall light[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFew were at the scene but they all agree[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat the man did the shooting looked a lot like me[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe judge said \"Son, what is your alibi\r\nIf you were somewhere else 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 friends wife\r\n\r\n(Chorus)\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D7[/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]D7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe visits my grave while the night winds wail[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNobody knows, nobody sees,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNobody knows but me[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe scaffold was high, and eternity near\r\nShe stood in the crowd, but she shed not a tear\r\nBut sometimes late at night, when the cold wind moans\r\nShe visits my grave, and she cries o'er my bones\r\n\r\n(Chorus)","plain_text":"From: Glenn Estes\n\nLong Black Veil\n(traditional)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe judge said \"Son, what is your alibi\nIf you were somewhere else 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 friends wife\n\n(Chorus)\n\n\n\n\n\nThe scaffold was high, and eternity near\nShe stood in the crowd, but she shed not a tear\nBut sometimes late at night, when the cold wind moans\nShe visits my grave, and she cries o'er my bones\n\n(Chorus)","chords":["G","D","D7","C","B7","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"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]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}