The Long Black Veil

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Ten years ago on a cold dark night
 Someone was killed 'neath the town hall lights
 There were few at the scene, but they all agreed
 That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me
 Now,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
 The scaffold was high, and eternity's near
 She stood in the crowd, and shed not a tear
 But sometimes at night, when the cold wind moans
 In a long black veil, she cries over 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
 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
 I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife
 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

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03:05
Tempo
76 BPM

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