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Long Black Veil by Dave Matthews Band
Long Black Veil
Intro
C sus2
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----9--(9)--------9---
---10--10---12---10---
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-8-------(8)---8------
play this bar 8 times - w/slight variations
Verse
"Ten Years Ago......
Figure 1 (2/4 bar)
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---------------- ---------------- ------ -------
---9---------9-- ---9---------9-- --7--- --9----
--10--10-12-10-- --10--10-12-10-- --9--- -10----
---------------- ---------------- -10--- --8----
-8------8--8---- -8------8--8---- ------ -------
---------------- ----------------
---------------- ---------------- end Fig. 1
---9---------9-- ---9---------9--
--10--10-12-10-- --10--10-12-10--
---------------- ----------------
-8------8--8---- -8------8--8----
"There were few at the scene......
repeat Figure 1
Chorus
"She walks these hills.....in a long black veil....
[Figure 2 ]
(2/4 bar)
-1------- -1------- ----- -------
-1---1--- -1------- -1--- -1-----
-2---0--- -2------- -0--- -0-----
-3---2--- -3------- -2--- -2-----
-3---3--- -3------- -3--- -3-----
-1------- -1------- ----- -------
"She visits my grave....
repeat Figure 2
"Nobody knows, nobody sees......
------ -1------- -1---3--
-1---- -1---1--- -1---0--
-0---- -2---0--- -2---0--
-2---- -3---2--- -3---0--
-3---- -3---3--- -3---2--
------ -1------- -1---3--
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----9--(9)--------9--- repeat this bar
---10--10---12---10---
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-8--------8----8------
Verse 2
"The judge said son....
play like previous verse
Chorus
"She walks these hills.....
play like previous Chorus
Verse 3
"Well, the scaffold is high and eternity is near....
play like previous verse
Chorus
"She walks these hills.....
play like previous chorus
Piano Solo - Butch Taylor
Figure 1 - 8 times (with slight variations)
(these are examples for voicings)
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--9-------7-------9-(10)- <~~~ not at the
-10-(12)--9-(12)-10-(12)- <~~~ same time
---------10-------8------
--8----------------------
Chorus (2 times)
"She walks these hills......
play like previous chorus
Outro - w/ Lovely Ladies
"Nobody knows but me.......
vamp on these chords
Csus2 Csus4
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---9--------9-(10)-
--10-(12)--10------
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---8--------8------
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version 2
Chords used in this song :
C
e ---|---|---|---|---|
B -x-|---|---|---|---|
G ---|---|---|---|---|
D ---|-x-|---|---|---|
A ---|---|-x-|---|---|
E ---|---|-o-|---|---| G
e ---|---|-x-|---|---|
B ---|---|---|---|---|
G ---|---|---|---|---|
D ---|---|---|---|---|
A ---|-x-|---|---|---|
E ---|---|-x-|---|---| F
e -x-|---|---|---|---|
B -x-|---|---|---|---|
G ---|-x-|---|---|---|
D ---|---|-x-|---|---|
A ---|---|-x-|---|---|
E -x-|---|---|---|---|
C: E---- G: E---- F: E----
B---5 B---3 B---1
G---5 G---4 G---2
D---5 D---5 D---3
A---3 A---5 A---3
E---- E---3 E---1
This is the main riff played most of the song in the verses and four
times in the intro:
Note: partway in the 3rd verse Dave switches to a strum instead of the
riff
C
E-------------------------------
B--------5---3-3---5------------
G--------5---------5------------ A couple times
D------------------5------------
A---3---------------------------
E-------------------------------
"Ten years ago...
Then it goes...
G F
E--------------------------------------
B--------------------------1--1--1------
G-4----4--4--4--4--4-------2--2--2------
D-5----5--5--5--5--5-------3--3--3------
A-5----5--5--5--5--5-------3--3--3------
E-3----3--3--3--3--3--1-----------------
"...someone was killed...
This is the prechorus, play notes in parenthesis twice, except for the
slide, play that only the 2nd time (I thought i'd tab out the strum too, but
any strum similar will sound fine): F C
E-[------------------]----------------------------------------
B-[-1----1----5----5-]-5--5-5-5--5--5--5----5----5--5-5-5--5-5
G-[-2----2----5----5-]-5--5-5-5--5--5--5----5----5--5-5-5--5-5
D-[-3----3----5----5-]-5--5-5-5--5--5--5----5----5--5-5-5--5-5
A-[-3----3-(2/3)---3-]----3------3-----3----3----3------3-----
E-[-1----1-----------]----------------------------------------
"And she walks...
Here is the refrain:
F C F G
E-[---------------------]--------------------
B-[1----1----5----5--5-5]--1----1----3-------
G-[2----2----5----5--5-5]--2----2----4-------
D-[3----3----5----5--5-5]--3----3----5-------
A-[3----3----3----3-----]--3----3----5-------
E-[1----1---------------]--1----1----3----/8-
"Nobody knows...
The order of this song is like so
intro; [verse; prechorus tab; prechorus tab; chorus;] <-- do that three
times and then do [prechorus tab; prechorus tab; chorus; chorus] and then a
bunch of "nobodys" played over the C chord
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version 3
Intro
C
e----------------------
B----------------------
G---5--3--3--5---------
D---5--5--5--5---------
A----------------------
E-3--------------------
play this 8 times
Figure 1
Ten years ago, on a cold, dark night......
C
e----------------------
B----------------------
G---5--3--3--5---------
D---5--5--5--5---------
A----------------------
E-3--------------------
Figure 2
Someone was killed beneath the town hall light....
e------------------- ------------------- -----------------
B------------------- ------------------- -----------------
G---5--3--3--5------ -----3----3------1- ------5--3--3--5-
D---5--5--5--5------ -----4----4------2- ------5--5--5--5-
A------------------- --------5---------- -----------------
E-3----------------- --5-----------3---- ----3------------
"There were few at the scene......
ripeti Figure 1
Chorus
"She walks these hills.....in a long black veil....
Figure 3
-1------- -1------- ----- -------
-1---1--- -1------- -1--- -1-----
-2---0--- -2------- -0--- -0-----
-3---2--- -3------- -2--- -2-----
-3---3--- -3------- -3--- -3-----
-1------- -1------- ----- -------
Figure 4
"Nobody knows, nobody sees......
------ -1------- -1---3--
-1---- -1---1--- -1---0--
-0---- -2---0--- -2---0--
-2---- -3---2--- -3---0--
-3---- -3---3--- -3---2--
------ -1------- -1---3--
Play the figure :
Ten years ago, on a cold, dark night (fig.1)
Someone was killed beneath the town hall light (fig.2)
There were few at the scene, but they all agreed (fig.1)
That the slayer who ran, looked a lot like me (fig.2)
She walks these hills in a Long Black Veil (fig.3)
She visits my grave when the night winds wail (fig.3)
Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me (fig.4)
The judge said, "Son, what is your alibi? (fig.1)
If you were somewhere else, Then you won't have to die. (fig.2)
Well, I said not a word, though it meant my life (fig.1)
For I'd been in the arms, of my best friend's wife (fig.2)
She walks these hills in a Long Black Veil (fig.3)
She visits my grave when the night winds wail (fig.3)
Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me (fig.4)
Oh now, the scaffold was high, eternity is near (fig.1)
She stood in the crowd, and shed not a tear (fig.2)
Oh, sometimes at night, when the cold winds blow (fig.1)
In a Long Black Veil she stands over my bones (fig.2)
She walks these hills in a Long Black Veil (fig.3)
She visits my grave when the night winds wail (fig.3)
Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me (fig.4)
She walks these hills in a Long Black Veil (fig.3)
She visits my grave when the night winds wail (fig.3)
Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me (fig.4)
Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me (fig.4)
Nobody knows but me.... (fig.4)
Nobody knows...
Nobody knows...
Nobody knows... but me.
When dave say "the lovely ladies" the guitar play like this for the rest of the song:
"The lovely ladies."
e------------------------
B------------------------
G---5--6--5----5--6--5---
D---5--5--5----5--5--5---
A------------------------
E-3----------3-----------
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