The Black Velvet Band chords by Crúiskeen

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Verse 1
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In a neat little town they called Belfast,
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Apprentice to Tralee was veiled.
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And many's an hour's
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late hap piness,
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That I spent in that neat little town.
But a saddest fortune came over me,
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Which taught me the story of the land.
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Far away from me friends and relations,
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Betrayed by the Blackfell.
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Let's see you sing it!
Her eyes they shone like diamonds,
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you'd think she must be of the land
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Em 
And her hair flung over her shoulder,
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tied up in a black velvet band
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As I was walking down Broadway,
not intending to stay very long
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Em 
I  met with a pretty young damsel,
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D 
as she came tripping along
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I  watched she dug out of her pocket,
she sticked it right into me hand
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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 diamonds,
it seemed she must be knocked out
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And her hair hung over her shoulder,
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tied up near the black velvet band
Before the judge and the jury,
next morning I had to appear
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Em 
The judge, he said to me, young man,
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your case it is proving clear
Seven long years, three new servitude,
if you stand far away from the dance
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Far away from your friends and relations,
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C 
by the look of that
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black velvet band
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Everybody!
Her eyes they shone like diamonds
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You'd think she must be nothing less
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Em 
And her hair strung over her shoulder
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Tied up with a black velvet band
One more time!
Her eyes they shone like diamonds
You'd think she must be nothing less
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And her hair strung over her shoulder
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Tied up with a black velvet band you