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Long Black Veil
Johnny Cash
Orange Blossom Special
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Language
English
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"Long Black Veil" is a 1959 country ballad, written by Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin and originally recorded by Lefty Frizzell.
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Ten years ago on a cold dark night

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Someone was killed beneath the town hall light

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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F C

She walks these hills

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In a long black veil

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She visits my grave

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When the night winds wail

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Nobody knows nobody sees

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Nobody knows but me

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The scaffold's high and eternity near

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She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear

But sometimes at night when the cold wind blows

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In a long black veil she cries over my bones

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F C

She walks these hills

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In a long black veil

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She visits my grave

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When the night winds wail

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Nobody knows nobody sees

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Nobody knows but me

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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 had been in the arms of my best friend's wife

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F C

She walks these hills

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In a long black veil

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She visits my grave

F C

When the night winds wail

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Nobody knows nobody sees

F G7 C

Nobody knows but me

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