Black Velvet Band

Artist: The Dubliners (English)
User: Jay
Duration: 130 seconds
Delay: 12 seconds
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The Dubliners - Black Velvet Band
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
      G                                       C                 
In a neat little town they call Belfast, Apprenticed to trade I 
     D
was bound
     G                       Em          C             D         
And many an hour of sweet happiness, I spent in that neat little 
  G
town
      G                                   C                     
Till sad misfortune came over me, Which caused me to stray from 
   D
the land
      G                          Em        C             D    
Far away from me friends and relations, Betrayed by the Black 
       G
Velvet Band
 
 
[Chorus]
 
     G                                    C                       
Her eyes they shone like the diamonds, I thought her the queen of 
      D
the land
         G                       Em          C             D   
And her hair it hung over her shoulder, Tied up with the Black 
       G
Velvet Band
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
   G                                                  C       
I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid, And a gentleman 
            D
passing us by
   G                                 Em           C          
I knew the meant she the undoing of me, By the look in her 
   D        G
roguish blackeye
      G                                        C                  D    
A goldwatch she took from his pocket, And placed it right into my hand
       G                          Em           C            D    G
And the very 1st that I thought was, bad ‘cess to the black vvt bnd

[Chorus]
 
     G                                    C                           D
Her eyes they shone like the diamonds, I thought her the queen of the land
         G                       Em          C             D       G
And her hair it hung over her shoulder, Tied up with the Black vvt bnd


[Verse 3]
 
       G                             C                  D
Now before a judge and a jury, Next morning I had to appear
         G                       Em        C         D      G
Oh the judge he said to me Young man, Your case is proven clear 
       G                                 C                       D             
I’ll give u 7 yrs penal servitude to be spent far away from this land.
     G                           Em           C            D        G
Far away from your friends and relations, Betrayed by the Black vvt bnd


[Chorus]
 
     G                                    C                       
Her eyes they shone like the diamonds, I thought her the queen of 
      D
the land
         G                       Em          C             D   
And her hair it hung over her shoulder, Tied up with the Black 
        G
Velvet Band
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
        G                                  C                  D
So come all ye jolly young fellows, And a warning you take by me
             G                         Em        C     D    G
When you are out on the town me lads, Beware of the pretty coleens
    G                                                   C       
For they'll feed you with strong drinks "More Yeah", until you 
            D
are unable to stand
         G                               Em            C        
And the very next thing that you know me lads,is You've landed in 
  D         G
Van Diemen's Land

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