Long Black Veil

By Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin, Dave Matthews, David Grisman, Jerry Garcia, Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Lefty Frizzell, Traditional

Guitar

Ukulele

Verse 1

Ten years ago on a cool dark night,

there was

someone killed beneath the

town hall

light

There were few at the scene and they all did agree,

that the

one who ran looked a

lot like

Verse 2

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 although it meant my life,

I had

been in the arms of my

best friend's

wife

Chorus

She

walks these

hills in a

long black

veil;

she

visits my

grave where the

night winds

wail

Nobody knows, no, and

nobody

sees,

nobody knows but

Verse 3

The

scaffold was high and eternity neared,

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

Chorus *

She

walks these

hills in a

long black

veil;

she

visits my

grave where the

night winds

wail

Nobody knows, no, and

nobody

sees,

nobody knows but

Outro

nobody knows but