The Black Velvet Band
The Black Velvet Band

The Black Velvet Band easy guitar chords by Johnny Logan & Friends

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    • Verse 1
    In 
    a 
    neat 
    little 
    town 
    they call 
    Belfast, 


    Apprentice 
    to trade 
    I 
    was bound, 

    And 
    many 
    an 
    hour's 
    sweet 
    happiness 

    Have 
    I spent 
    in 
    that 
    neat 
    little 
    town. 

    A 
    sad 
    misfortune 
    came 
    over 
    me 

    Which 
    caused 
    me 
    to 
    stray 
    from 
    the 
    land 

    Far 
    away 
    from 
    me friends 

    and 
    re
    lations 

    Betrayed 
    by 
    the black 
    velvet 
    band 

    Her 
    eyes 
    they 
    shone 
    like 
    diamonds 

    I 
    thought 
    her 
    the 
    queen 
    of 
    the land 

    And 
    her hair 
    it hung 
    over 
    her 
    shoulders 

    Tied 
    up 
    with 
    a 
    black 
    velvet 
    band 

    I 
    took 
    a 
    stroll 
    down 
    Broadway 

    Meaning 
    not 
    long 
    for 
    to 
    stay 

    When 
    who should 
    I meet 

    But 
    this 
    pretty 
    fair 
    maid 

    Comes 
    a 
    -trippin' 
    along 
    the 
    high
    way 

    She 
    was 
    both 
    fair 
    and 
    handsome 

    Her 
    neck 
    it 
    was 
    just 
    like 
    a 
    swan's 

    And 
    her 
    hair 
    it 
    hung 
    over 
    her 
    shoulder 

    Tied 
    up 
    with 
    a black 
    velvet 
    band 

    Her 
    eyes 
    they 
    shone 
    like 
    diamonds 

    I 
    thought 
    her 
    the 
    queen 
    of 
    the land 

    And 
    her 
    hair 
    hung 
    over 
    her 
    shoulder 

    Tied 
    up 
    with 
    a black 
    velvet 
    band 

    I 
    took 
    a 
    stroll 
    with 
    this fair 
    maid 

    And 
    a 
    gentleman 
    passing 
    us 
    by 

    Well 
    I 
    knew 
    that she 
    meant 

    the 
    do
    ing 
    of 
    him 

    By 
    the 
    look 
    in 
    her roguish 
    black 
    eye 

    A 
    gold 
    watch 
    she 
    took 
    from 
    his 
    pocket 

    And 
    placed 
    it 
    right 
    in
    to 
    my 
    hand 

    And 
    the 
    very 
    first 
    thing 
    that 
    I said 
    was 

    Bad 
    luck 
    to 
    the black 
    velvet 
    band 

    Her 
    eyes 
    they 
    shone 
    like 
    diamonds 

    I 
    thought 
    her 
    the 
    queen 
    of 
    the 
    land 

    And 
    her 
    hair 
    hung 
    over 
    her 
    shoulders 

    Tied 
    up 
    with 
    a black 
    velvet 
    band 


    Before 
    the 
    judge 
    and 
    the jury, 

    next 
    morning 
    I 
    had 
    to 
    ap
    pear 

    And 
    the 
    judge, 
    he 
    says 
    to me, 

    young 
    man, 

    your case 
    it is 
    proven 
    clear 

    We'll 
    give 
    you seven 

    years' 
    penal 
    servitude 

    To 
    be 
    spent 
    far 
    away 
    from 
    the 
    land 

    Far 
    away 
    from 
    your friends 

    and 
    com
    panions 

    Betrayed 
    by 
    the 
    black 
    velvet 
    band 

    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 

    So 
    come 
    on 
    you jolly 
    young 
    fellows 

    A 
    warning 
    take 
    by 
    me 

    When 
    you 
    are 
    out 
    on 
    the town, 
    me lads 

    Beware 
    of 
    them pretty 
    Colleens 

    For 
    they 
    will 
    feed 
    you 
    with 
    strong 
    drink 

    Till 
    you 
    are 
    un
    able 
    to 
    stand 

    And 
    the 
    very 
    next 
    thing 
    that 

    you'll 
    know 
    is 

    You've 
    landed 
    in 
    Van 
    Diemen's 
    land 

    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 

    Her 
    eyes, 
    shone 
    like 
    diamonds 

    I 
    thought 
    her 
    the 
    queen 
    of 
    the 
    land 

    And 
    her hair, 
    it hung 
    over 
    her 
    shoulders 

    Tied 
    up 
    with 
    a black 
    velvet 
    band 

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