Verso 1: (cross-harp, c-harp playing in G).
G
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Ten years a-go-o, on a cold dark night;
D7 C G
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Some-one was killed 'neath the town hall light.
G
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There were few at the sce-ene but, they all
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ag-reed;
D7 C G
6 6 -6 -6 -6 -6 -7 -6 6 5 6
That the slay-er who ran looked a lot like me.
Verso 2:
G
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The judge said son what is your al-i-bi?
D7 C
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If you were somewhere else, then you won't have
G
5 6
To die.
G
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I -- spoke not a word, although it meant my life;
D7 C
6 6 6 -6 -6 -6-6 -7 -6 6 5
For i had been in the arms of my best friend's
G
6
wife.
Verso 3:
G
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The scaffold was hi-gh, and e-tern-it-y near.
D7 C G
6 -6 -6 -6-6 -7 -6 6 5 5 6
She stood in the crowd, a--nd shed not a tear.
G
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Bu-t sometimes at ni-ght, when the cold wind
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mo-ans;
D7 C G
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In a long black veil, she-e cries o'er my bones.
