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Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band


Background information
Origin Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Genre(s) Rock
Jam
World music
Funk
Bluegrass
Years active 1990—present
Label(s) RCA Records
V2 Records
Associated acts Dave Matthews & Friends
Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones
Website Website
Members
Dave Matthews
Carter Beauford
Stefan Lessard
Boyd Tinsley
Former members
LeRoi Moore
Peter Griesar



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Dave Matthews Band Lyrics

"Long Black Veil" lyrics


Original Lyrics and Music by Danny Dill and Marijohn Wilkin

Ten years ago, on a cold, dark night
Someone was killed beneath the town hall light
There were few at the scene
But they all agreed
That the slayer who ran
Looked a lot like me

She walks these hills in a Long Black Veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me

The judge said, "Son, what is your alibi?
If you were somewhere else,
Then you won't have to die."
Well, I said not a word
Though it meant my life
For I'd been in the arms
Of my best friend's wife

Oh, she walks these hills in a Long Black Veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me

Oh now, the scaffold was high
Eternity is near
She stood in the crowd
And shed not a tear

Oh, sometimes at night
When the cold winds blow
In a Long Black Veil
She stands over my bones

She walks these hills in a Long Black Veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me

She walks these hills in a Long Black Veil
She visits my grave when the night winds wail
Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me
Nobody knows, nobody sees, nobody knows but me

Nobody knows but me...

Nobody knows...
Nobody knows...
Nobody knows... but me.


"The lovely ladies."

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