Long Black Veil Chords
Long Black Veil by Bastard Sons Of Johnny Cash is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D# with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords D, A and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
D
10 years ago on a cold dark night
A G D
Someone was killed neath the town hall lights
D
There were few at the scene but they all agreed
A G D
That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me
G D G D
She walks these hills in a long black veil
G D G D
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
D G D
Nobody knows nobody sees
A D
Nobody knows but me
The judge said "son what is your alibi
If you were somewhere else then you won't have to die"
I spoke not a word though it meant my life
Cause I'd been in the arms of my best friends wife
Now the scaffold is high and eternity's near
Sshe stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
Ssometimes at night when the cold wind moans
In a long black veil she cries over my bones