{"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":990029,"song":"Long Black Veil","artist":"Marty Stuart","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11623818-long-black-veil-chords-by-marty-stuart/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/990029?type=chord","rating":4.83987,"votes":14,"content":"Tuning: Standard\r\nCapo: 3rd fret\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTen years ago, on a cold, dark night,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSomebody was killed, 'neath the town hall lights.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThere were few at the scene, but they all agreed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]B7[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat the slayer who ran, looked a lot like me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\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]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNobody knows, nobody sees,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNobody knows but me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe judge said \"Son, what is your alibi?\",[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die\".[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I spoke not a word, though it meant my life,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'd been in the arms, of my best friend's wife.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\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]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNobody knows, nobody sees,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNobody knows but me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow the scaffold is high, and eternity's near,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B7[/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 a cold wind moans,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B7[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\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]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNobody knows, nobody sees,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNobody knows but me.[/tab]","plain_text":"Tuning: Standard\nCapo: 3rd fret\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["E","B7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}