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.