Black Velvet Band [C]
Traditional
Intro: [Dm] [G] [C] [C]
Verse 1:
In a [C] neat little town they call Belfast, apprenticed to [F] trade I was [G] bound,
[C] Many an hour sweet happiness
Have I [Dm] spent in that [G] neat little [C] town.
'Till a sad misfortune came o'er me, and caused me to [F] stray from the [G] land.
+ Far a-[C]way from my friends and relations, Be-[Dm]trayed by the [G] black velvet [C] band.
- Far a-[C]way from my friends and relations,
- Be-[Dm]trayed by the [G] black velvet [C] band.
|Chorus:
|Her [C] eyes they shone like diamonds,
|I thought her the [F] queen of the [G] land,
|And her [C] hair hung over her [Am] shoulder,
|Tied [Dm] up with a [G] black velvet [C] band.
Verse 2:
I [C] took a stroll down Broadway, meaning not [F] long for to [G] stay,
When [C] who should I meet but this pretty fair maid,
Come a [Dm] traipsing a-[G]long the high[C]way.
She was both fair and handsome, her neck it was [F] just like a [G] swan's
- And her [C] hair hung over her shoulder,
- Tied [Dm] up with a [G] black velvet [C] band.
+ And her [C] hair hung over her shoulder, Tied [Dm] up with a [G] black velvet [C] band.
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+ |Chorus:
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+ Verse 3:
+ I [C] took a stroll with this pretty fair maid, and a gentleman [F] passing us [G] by.
+ Well, I [C] knew she meant the doing of him,
+ By the [Dm] look in her [G] roguish black [C] eye.
+ A gold watch she took from his pocket, And placed it [F] right into my [G] hand,
+ And the [C] very first thing that I said was, "Bad [Dm] ‘cess to the [G] black velvet [C] band".
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+ |Chorus:
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+ Verse 4:
+ Be[C]fore the judge and the jury next morning I [F] had to a-[G]ppear.
+ The [C] judge he says to me, "Young fellow,
+ The [Dm] case against [G] you is quite [C] clear.
+ Seven long years is your sentence, to be spent far a [F] way from this [G] land,
+ Far a-[C]way from your friends and relations, Be-[Dm]trayed by the [G] black velvet [C] band.
|Chorus:
|Her [C] eyes they shone like diamonds,
|I thought her the [F] queen of the [G] land,
|And her [C] hair hung over her [Am] shoulder,
|Tied [Dm] up with a [G] black velvet [C] band.
- Verse 3:
+ Verse 5:
+ So [C] come all you jolly young fellows, A warning [F] take by [G] me
+ [C] When you are out on the town, me boys
+ Be-[Dm]ware of the [G] pretty coll-[C]eens
+ For they feed you with strong drink, me lads, Till you are un-[F]able to [G] stand
+ And the [C] very first thing that you'll know is, You've [Dm] landed in [G] Van Diemen's [C] Land
- I [C] took a stroll with this pretty fair maid, and a gentleman [F] passing us [G] by.
- Well, I [C] knew she meant the doing of him,
- By the [Dm] look in her [G] roguish black [C] eye.
- A gold watch she took from his pocket, And placed it [F] right into my [G] hand,
- And the [C] very first thing that I said was,
- "Bad [Dm] ‘cess to the [G] black velvet [C] band".
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- |Chorus:
- |Her [C] eyes they shone like diamonds,
- |I thought her the [F] queen of the [G] land,
- |And her [C] hair hung over her [Am] shoulder,
- |Tied [Dm] up with a [G] black velvet [C] band.
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- Verse 4:
- Be[C]fore the judge and the jury next morning I [F] had to a-[G]ppear.
- The [C] judge he says to me, "Young fellow,
- The [Dm] case against [G] you is quite [C] clear.
- Seven long years is your sentence, to be spent far a [F] way from this [G] land,
- Far a-[C]way from your friends and relations,
- Be-[Dm]trayed by the [G] black velvet [C] band.
|Chorus:
|Her [C] eyes they shone like diamonds,
|I thought her the [F] queen of the [G] land,
|And her [C] hair hung over her [Am] shoulder,
|(Slowing)
|Tied [Dm] up with a [G] black velvet [C////////] band.