Black Velvet Band Chords & Tabs
G D
In a neat little town they call Belfast apprenticed to trade I was bound
G Em C D7 G
And manys the hour of sweet happiness I spent in that neat little town
G D
A sad misfortune came over me which caused me to stray from the land
G Em C D7 G
Far away from me friends and relations betrayed by the Black Velvet Band
G
Her eyes they shown like diamonds
D
I thought her the queen of the land
G Em
And her hair it hung over her shoulder
C D7 G
Tied up with a Black Velvet Band
Interlude:
C D7 G
G D
I took a walk down Broadway, meaning not long for to stay
G Em C D G
When who should I meet, but this pretty fair maid comes trampsin' along my way
G D
She was both fair and handsome, her neck it was just like a swan
G Em C D7 G
And her hair it hung over her shoulder, tied up with a black velvet band
G
Her eyes they shown like diamonds
D
I thought her the queen of the land
G Em
And her hair it hung over her shoulder
C D7 G
Tied up with a Black Velvet Band
Interlude:
C D7 G
G D
I took a walk with this pretty fair maid, and a gentleman passing us by
G Em C D G
Well I knew that she meant the drewin' of him, by the look in her roguish black eye
G D
A gold watch she took from his pocket and placed it right into me hand
G Em C D G
And the very next thing that I said was bad 'cess to the Black Velvet Band
G
Her eyes they shown like diamonds
D
I thought her the queen of the land
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G Em
And her hair it hung over her shoulder
C D7 G
Tied up with a Black Velvet Band
Interlude:
C D7 G
G D
Before the judge and the jury, next morning I had to appear
G Em C D G
And the judge he says to me, "young man, your case it is proven quite clear
G D
Aye you get seven long years penal servitude, to be spent off in Van Daemons Land
G Em C D7 G
Far away from your friends and relations, betrayed by the Black Velvet Band"
G
Her eyes they shown like diamonds
D
I thought her the queen of the land
G Em
And her hair it hung over her shoulder
C D7 G
Tied up with a Black Velvet Band
### Repeat chorus below or see alternative with additional verse not on the recording ###
G
Her eyes they shown like diamonds
D
I thought her the queen of the land
G Em
And her hair it hung over her shoulder
C D7 G
Tied up with a Black Velvet Band
### Alternative with an additional verse not on the recording ###
Interlude:
C D7 G
G D
So come all ye jolly young fellows a warning take from me
G Em C D G
Whenever you're into the liquor me lads beware of the pretty colleen
G D
For they'll fill you with whiskey and porter till you are not able to stand
G Em C D G
And the very next thing that you know me lads you've landed in Van Daemon's Land
G
Her eyes they shown like diamonds
D
I thought her the queen of the land
G Em
And her hair it hung over her shoulder
C D7 G
Tied up with a Black Velvet Band
G
Her eyes they shown like diamonds
D
I thought her the queen of the land
G Em
And her hair it hung over her shoulder
C D7 G
Tied up with a Black Velvet Band
