Verso 1: (cross-harp, c-harp playing in G).
G
6   6     6 6 -4  6 -6 -7 -7 -7
Ten years a-go-o, on a cold dark night;

D7                             C         G
-6   -6  -6  -6  -7 -6  6 5  6
Some-one was killed 'neath the town hall light.

G
-4  5  6 6  6 6 -4  6 -6   -7
There were few at the sce-ene but, they all

-7  -7
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
-4  6   6  6 -4  6 -6 -7 -7 -7
The judge said son what is your al-i-bi?

D7                       C
6  6 6 -6  -6 -6  -7 -6  6  5
If you were somewhere else, then you won't have

G
5  6
To die.

G
-4 5 6  6 6 6  -4 6  -6 -7 -7 -7
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
-4  6 6  6 6 -4  6 -6 -7-7 -7 -7
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
-4 5 6 6 6  6  -4  6 -6  -7   -7
Bu-t sometimes at ni-ght, when the cold wind

-7 6
mo-ans;

D7                     C             G
6  6 -6 -6 -6 -7 -6 6  5    5  6
In a long black veil, she-e cries o'er my bones.