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Long Black Veil

by Johnny Cash, Joan Baez · harmonica tab for C diatonic harmonica

BeginnerNo bends142 notesHoles 6–10Diatonic
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4 = blow hole 4-4 = draw hole 4’ = bend
Ten years a-go on a cold dark night,
Some one was killed 'neath the Town Hall light
The peo-ple who saw they all a-greed
That the slay-er who ran
looked a lot like me.
The judge said, 'son, what is your al-i-bi?
If you were some-wheres 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.
She walks these hills in a long black veil,
Vis-its my grave when the night winds wail,
No-bod-y knows, no-bod-y sees,
No-bod-y knows, but me.