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I'm new to this kind of thing but I couldn't find the song anywhere so I thought I'd give it a shot. There are some hammer-ons and pull-offs I can't quite figure out but this is the gist of it. Corrections are welcome.

 

Long Black Veil 
Capo 3

  G (riff)
e |-----3-3-----------|
B |-----0-0-----------|
G |-----0-0-----------|
D |-----0-0-2-0-2-0---|
A |-----2-------------|
E |-0/3-3-----------3-|

  G	     
e |--3-3---3-3-|
B |--0-0---0-0-|
G |--0-0---0-0-| 
D |--0-0-0-0-0-|
A |--2-2---2-3-|
E |3-3-3---3-3-|

  D	
e |---3-3---3-3-|
B |---2-2---2-2-|
G |---3-3---3-3-| 
D |---0-0-0-0-0-|
A |-0-----------|
E |-------------|

  C/G	
e |---0-0---0-0-|
B |---1-1---1-1-|
G |---0-0---0-0-| 
D |---2-2-2-2-2-|
A |---3-3---3-3-|
E |-3-3-3---3-3-|

Intro
G (riff) x4

G
Ten years ago on a cold dark night,
D                             C/G        G (riff)
someone was killed 'neath the town hall lights.
G
There were few at the scene, but they all did agree,
        D                       C/G      G (riff) x2
that the slayer who ran looked a lot like me.

G
The Judge said son, what is your alibi,
  D                             C/G               G (riff)
if you were somewhere else, then you won't have to die.
G
I spoke not a word, though it meant my life,
   D                          C/G          G (riff)
for i'd been in the arms of my best friends wife.

C/G             G           C/G        G
She walks these hills, in a long black veil.
C/G           G               C/G         G (riff)
She visits my grave, when the night winds wail.
G             C/G          D                 G
Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows, but me

G (riff) x4

G
Now the scaffold is high, and eternity's near.
D                           C/G        G (riff)
She stood in the crowd, and shed not a tear.
G
But some times at night, when the cold wind moans
D                               C/G     G (riff)
In a long black veil, she cries over my bones

C/G             G           C/G        G
She walks these hills, in a long black veil.
C/G           G               C/G         G (riff)
She visits my grave, when the night winds wail.
G             C/G          D                 G
Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows, but me

G (riff) x2

G             C/G          D                 G
Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows, but me

G (riff) x5
ooooooooooooooooo

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