BLACK VELVET BAND Traditional In a [G] neat little town they call [C] Belfast [G] apprenticed to trade
I was [D] bound And [G] many an hour of sweet happi-[Em]-ness I [C] spent in that [D] neat little [G] town Till
[G] sad misfortune came [C] over me And [G] caused me to flee from that [D] land Far a-G]-way from me friends and
re-[Em]-lations To [C] follow the [D] Black Velvet [G] Band [G] Her eyes they shone like the [C] diamonds You'd
[G] think she was queen of the [D] land And [G] her hair hung over her [Em] shoulder Tied [C] up with a [D] Black
Velvet [G] Band [G] Well I went out strolling one [C] evening Not [G] meaning to go very [D] far When I [G]
spied the pretty young [Em] damsel [C] Parading her [D] wares in a [G] bar [G] A watch she took from a [C] customer
And [G] slipped it right into me [D] hand And the [G] law it came and arr-[Em]-ested me Bad [C] luck to the [D]
Black Velvet [G] Band [G] Next morning before judge and [C] jury For [G] trial I had to [D] appear And the
[G] judge he says "me fine young [Em] fellow" The [C] case against [D] you is quite [G] clear [G] And
seven long years is your [C] sentence You're [G] going to Van Diemens [D] Land Far [G] away from your friends and
[Em] relations To [C] follow the [D] Black Velvet [G] Band [G] So come all ye jolly young [C] fellows And
[G] see you take warning from [D] me [G] Whenever you go out for [Em] liquor lads Be-[C]-ware of the [D] pretty col-[G]-leen
[G] For they'll fill you with whiskey and [C] porter Till [G] you are not able to [D] stand And the [G] very
next thing that you [Em] know lads You've [C] landed in [D] Van Diemen's [G] Land
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