Intro:

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       C

Ten years ago on a cold, dark night,

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    Someone was killed 'neath the town hall lights.

There were few at the scene but they all agreed

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That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me.

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She walks these hills in a long black veil.

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She visits my grave when the night winds wail.

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Nobody knows,     nobody sees.

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     Nobody knows but me.

Interlude:

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       C

The judge said, "Son, what is your alibi?

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If you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die."

I spoke not a word, though it meant my life,

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For I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife.

               C

Now the scaffold is high, and eternity's near.

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     She stood in a crowd and shed not a tear.

But sometimes at night, when the cold wind moans,

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In a long black veil she cries o'er my bones.

       F                 C           F                C

She walks these hills in a long black veil.

       F             C                      F                  C

She visits my grave when the night winds wail.

                          F                C

Nobody knows,     nobody sees.

F                 G              C

     Nobody knows but me.

C                           F                C

     Nobody knows,     nobody sees.

F                 G              C

     Nobody knows but me.