Long Black Veil

Ten years ago on a cold dark night

A man was killed neath the town hall light

There was a few at the scene and they all did agree

The man who ran looked a lot like me

Well the judge said son what is your alibi

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

But I spoke not a word though it meant my life

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

She walks these hills in a long black veil

And visits my grave when the night winds wail

Nobody knows nobody sees nobody knows but me

[ harmonica ]

Well 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 winds blow

In a long black veil Lord she cries over my bones

She walks these hills in a long black veil...

Nobody knows nobody sees nobody knows but me