Ten years ago on a cold dark night someone was killed neath the town hall light Just a few at the scene but they all did agreed That the man who ran looked a lot like me Well The judge said son what is your alibi If you were somewhere else well you won't have to die I spoke not a word though it meant my life So I had been in the arms of my best friend's wife She walks these hills in a long black veil She visits my grave when the night winds wail Nobody knows love nobody sees nobody knows but me [ ac.guitar ] The scaffold was high and eternity near she stands in the crowd and shedes not a tear But sometimes at night when the cold wind moans In a long black veil she cries o'er my bones She walks these hills in a long black Viel she visits my grave when the night winds wail nobody knows love nobody sees nobody knows but me {ac gutair}