Black Velvet Band chords by Cu Chulainn

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In a  neat little
town they called Belfast
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An apprentice to trade I was found
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And many's an hour of sweet happiness
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I spent in that neat little town
Till a sad misfortune came o 'er me
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And it caused me to stray from the land
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Far away from me friends
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and relations
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Betrayed by the black velvet band
Her eyes they shone like the diamonds
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He would think she was queen of the land
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And her hair hung over her shoulders
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Tied up  with a black velvet band
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As I went strolling one evening,
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not meaning to go very far
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I met with this hecklesome damsel,
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she was selling her trade in the bar
I'd hold what she stole from a pocket
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And placed it right into my hand
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Then the law came and took me  to prison
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Bad luck to the black velvet band
Her eyes they shone like a diamond
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You would think she was queen of the land
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And her hair hung over her shoulders
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Tied up  with a black velvet band
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Before the judge and the jury
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Next morning I had to appear
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The judge, said to me, young man,
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the case against you is clear
Seven long years is your sentence,
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to be spent far away from your land
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Far away from your friends and relations,
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to follow the black velvet band
Her eyes, they shone like the diamonds
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You would think she was queen of the land
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And her hair hung over her shoulders
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Tied up  with a black velvet band
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So come on, ye jolly young fellows
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I'll have you take morning by bay
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For when you're out on the liquor,
young lads
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Beware of the pretty Colleens
They'll fill you with whiskey and porter
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Till you are not able to stand
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And the very next thing
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that you know,
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me boys, you'll wind up in
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Glamdemon's land
Her eyes they shone like
the diamonds,
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you would think she was queen of the land
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And her hair hung over her shoulders,
Em 
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tied up  with a black velvet band
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Her eyes they shone like a diamond
E 
A 
He would think she was queen of the land
D 
Bm 
And her hair hung over her shoulders
Em 
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D 
Tied up  with a black velvet band