Long Black Veil Chords

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Long Black Veil by Jerry Garcia is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords A, G, D and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			INTRO:  A  G  D 
 
 
D 
Ten years ago, on a cold dark night 
          A                         G         D 
There was someone killed 'neath the town hall light 
D 
Few there at the scene, but they all agreed 
         A                       G        D 
That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me 
 
The judge said son, what is your alibi? 
If you were somewhere else, you won't have to die 
I spoke not a word, though it meant my life 
I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife 
    G           D          G          D 
She walks these hills in a long black veil 
G         D              G           D 
Visits my grave when the night winds wail 
D          C  G      D 
Nobody knows, nobody sees 
G      A         D 
Nobody knows but me 
The gallows were close and eternity near 
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear 
Sometimes at night, when the cold winds blow 
In a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones 
 
-Chorus- 
 
Nobody knows but me 

    	

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