Key: Eb major•
Verse 1
Well, howdy, boys,
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howdy.
Man, man, it sure seems
like a long time
since I last rode down this old trail.
How are you all, anyhow?
Well, as you see, I still have
this old cigar box
with me, yes, sir.
And better yet,
all the boys out here at the R .K. Ranch
are singing a new song now.
Hope you like it, because it's my answer to
the Blue Velvet Band.
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By an old willow tree in the churchyard,
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on the banks of the old rillagrass
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She was known as
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the Blue Velvet Band
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As the dew kissed the pale summer rose
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As we stood there in
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Dear Jack, you mistrusted your darlin'
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You said that my love wasn't true
'er the wide open spaces
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But my thoughts, they were always of you
Now my last wish was once
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foreign land
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Your forgiveness is in this last message
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From your heart -broken blue velvet band
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Her mes sage spread fast all the way
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To the side of a bed where her child bore
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Was breathing his life fast away.
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Please grant a last wish, boys and ladies,
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Out west on that old Rio Grande.
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Meet that old willow tree in the churchyard.
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By my sweetheart, the Blue Velvet Band.
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsEb Bb Ab F Gm
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