Johnny Cash - Long Black Veil (with picking pattern)

By axehappy - axehappy at countrytabs.com


D     =   xx0232                      A     =   x02220

G     =   320003

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Ten years ago on a cold dark night,
A                             G         D
Someone was killed 'neath the town hall lights.

There were few at the scene, but they all agreed,
         A                       G        D
That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me.


        G           D           G          D
Now she walks these hills, in a long black veil.
    G         D              G           D
She visits my grave when the night winds wail.
              G      D     G      A         D
Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me.



The scaffold was high, eternity near,
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She stood in the crowd and shed not a tear.

But sometimes at night, when the cold wind moans,
     A                    G             D
In a long black veil, she cries o'er my bones.


        G           D           G          D
Now she walks these hills, in a long black veil.
    G         D              G           D
She visits my grave when the night winds wail.
              G      D     G      A         D
Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me.



The judge said "Son, what is your alibi?
            A                   G                 D
If you were somewhere else then you won't have to die."

I spoke not a word, though it meant my life,
    A                      G             D
I'd been in the arms of my best friend's wife.


        G           D           G          D
Now she walks these hills, in a long black veil.
    G         D              G           D
She visits my grave when the night winds wail.
              G      D     G      A         D   
Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me.
              G      D     G      A         D
Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me.


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EXAMPLE OF THE KIND OF PICKING PATTERN USED:



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