Long Black Veil

	  		The Long Black Veil (3:05) 
 Written by: M.Wilkin and D.Dill 
 Recorded: December 17, 1964 Nashville, Tennessee 
 Source: The Essential Johnny Cash Vol. 2 
 Key: C 
  
 F C F C 
  
 (C) Ten years ago on a cold dark night 
 (G) Someone was killed 'neath the town (F) hall lights (C) 
 (C) There were few at the scene but they all agreed 
 (C) That the (G) slayer who ran looked a lot (F) like me (C) 
  
 She (F) walks these hills (C) in a (F) long black veil (C) 
 She (F) visits my grave (C) when the (F) night winds wail (C) 
 Nobody knows (F) nobody sees (C) 
 (F) Nobody (G) knows but me (C) 
  
 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 
 For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife 
  
 Now the scaffold is high and eternity's near 
 She stood in a crowd and shed not a tear 
 But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans 
 In a long black veil she cries o're my bones 
  
 She walks these hills in a long black veil 
 She visits my grave when the night winds wail 
 Nobody knows nobody sees 
 Nobody knows but me 
  
 Nobody knows nobody sees 
 Nobody knows but me