Black Velvet Band chords by
The Sandsacks
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Key: G major

Intro 1

Verse 1
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In
a neat little town they call Belfast
D D 
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Apprentice to trade I was bound
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And the many's the hours
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sweet happiness
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D D 
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I've I spent in that neat little town

Verse 2
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but a sad misfortune's
come over me
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Which caused me to stray from the land
G G 
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Far away from me friends and
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companions
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Betrayed by the black velvet band

Verse 3
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D D 
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G G 
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Her eyes  they shone like diamonds
D D 
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I thought her the queen of the land
G G 
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And her hair,
Em Em 
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it hair hung over her shoulder
C C 
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D D 
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G G 
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Held up with a black velvet band

Verse 4
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I  took a stroll down Broadway
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Intending not long for to stay
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D D 
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When who should I meet but
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this pretty fair maid
Come traipsing along the highway

Verse 5
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She was both fair and handsome
Her neck it was white like a swan
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And her hair, hung down from
her shoulders
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Held up with a black velvet band

Verse 6

Her eyes they shone like diamonds I thought

her the queen of the land

And her hair, it hung over her shoulder

Tied up with a black velvet band

Verse 7

I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid Met a gentleman

as he passed by

sure, I knew she meant the doing of him

By the look in her roguish black eye

Verse 8
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A gold watch she took from his pocket
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And placed it right into my hand
G G 
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And the very first thing
D D 
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Em Em 
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that I said was
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D D 
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G G 
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"What's this?" to the black velvet band

Verse 9

Her eyes they shone like diamonds

I thought her the queen of the land

And her hair, it hung over her shoulder

Tied up with a black velvet band

Interlude 1
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D D 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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G G 
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G G 
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Em Em 
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Verse 10
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But before the Judge and the Jury
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D D 
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Next morning I had to appear
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Em Em 
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And the judge he says to me
"Young man,
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your case it is proven and clear

Verse 11
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I'll give you seven years penal servitude
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G G 
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D D 
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To be spent far away from the land
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Far away from your friends an
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Em Em 
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d  companions"
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D D 
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G G 
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D D 
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G G 
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Betrayed by the black velvet band

Verse 12
G G 
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Her eyes they shone like diamonds
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G G 
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D D 
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I thought her the queen of the land
G G 
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And her hair,
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Em Em 
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it hung over her shoulder
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D D 
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G G 
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Tied up with a black velvet band

Verse 13
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So come all you jolly young fellows
A warning take from me
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and if you go out on the town,
me boys,
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Beware of the pretty Colleens
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They'll feed you with

Verse 14
strong drink,
my lads,
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'Til you are unable to stand
And the very first thing
that you'll know is
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You've landed in Van Dieman's Land

Verse 15
G G 
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Her eyes they shone like diamonds
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D D 
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I thought she was queen of the land
Now I'm far away from my friends
G G 
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and companions
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betrayed by the black velvet band

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