The Long Black Veil Chords
by Johnny Cash
The Long Black Veil by Johnny Cash is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D7 and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G
Ten years ago, on a cold dark night
D7 C G
Someone was killed, 'neath the town hall light
There were few at the scene, but they all agreed
D7 C G
That the slayer who ran, looked a lot like me
G
The judge said son, what is your alibi
D7 C G
If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die
I spoke not a word, al-tho' it meant my life
D7 C G
For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife
C G C G
She walks these hills in a long black veil
C G C G
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
C G
Nobody knows, nobody sees
C D7 G C G
Nobody knows but me
VERSE 3:
G
The scaffold is high and eternity's near
D7 C G
She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear
But sometimes at night, when the cold wind moans
D7 C G
In a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones
CHORUS:
C G C G
She walks these hills in a long black veil
C G C G
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
C G
Nobody knows, nobody sees
C D7 G C G
Nobody knows but me