Long Black Veil [Baritone Ukulele ] cords&lyrics in Description.

The Long Black Veil by Johnny Cash was written by Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin and was first recorded by Lefty Frizzell in 1959. [D] Ten years ago on a cold dark night There was [A7] someone killed ‘neath the [G] town hall [D] light [D] There were few at the scene but they all agreed That the [A7] slayer who ran looked a [G] lot like [D] me [D] The judge said son what is your alibi If you were [A7] somewhere else then [G] you won’t have to [D] die [D] I spoke not a word though it meant my life For I had [A7] been in the arms of my [G] best friend’s [D] wife She [G] walks these [D] hills in a [G] long black [D] veil She [G] visits my [D] grave when the [G] night winds [D] wail [D] Nobody knows [G] nobody [D] sees [G] Nobody [A7] knows but [D] me The [D] scaffold’s high and eternity near She [A7] stood in the crowd and [G] shed not a [D] tear [D] But sometimes at night when the cold wind blows In a [A7] long black veil she [G] cries o’er my [D] bones