DMD, where did you hear this song? It's one of my all time favorite songs! I know most people know it by The Band, but I've never even heard their cover of it - I like Lefty Frizzel's cover.
Who was killed? Some unfortunate individual who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The person killed isn't really the focus of the song. The focus is a guy dying for a crime he didn't commit because he didn't want to admit to the indiscretion that would absolve him of the crime. He chose to make this sacrifice instead of hurting his best friend and his best friend's wife.
Anyway, great song!
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