{"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":953882,"song":"Long Black Veil","artist":"Lefty Frizzell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11617128-long-black-veil-chords-by-lefty-frizzell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/953882?type=chord","rating":4.77037,"votes":211,"content":"Long Black Veil:Lefty Frizzell.\r\n#6 in 1959. (A crossover hit.)\r\n\r\n#1.\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nTen years ago, on a cold dark night,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthere was someone killed 'neath the town hall light.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nThere were few were at the scene, but they all agreed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthat the slayer who ran looked a lot like me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#2.\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe judge said, 'Son, what is your alibi?[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]B[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIf you were somewhere else then you won't have to die.'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI spoke not a word though it meant my life,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nfor I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe walks these hills, in a long black veil.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe visits my grave, when the night winds wail.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNobody knows, nobody sees..nobody knows, but me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#3.\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe scaffold is high, and eternity nears..[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nshe stood in the crowd and shed not a tear.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut sometimes at night when the cold wind blows,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nin a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones.[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe walks these hills, in a long black veil.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe visits my grave, when the night winds wail.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNobody knows, nobody sees..nobody knows, but me.[/tab]\r\n\r\nOUTRO:\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNobody knows but me...nobody knows but me. (Fade.)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nA fifties smash from Kraziekhat.","plain_text":"Long Black Veil:Lefty Frizzell.\n#6 in 1959. (A crossover hit.)\n\n#1.\n\n\n\n\n\n#2.\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n#3.\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\nOUTRO:\n\n\n\nA fifties smash from Kraziekhat.","chords":["A","E","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}