{t:Black Velvet Band}
{st:traditional}In a [G]neat little town they call BelfastApprenticed to trade I was [D]bound [D]And [G]many an hour of sweet [Em]happinessI [C]spent in that [D]neat little [G]town [G]Till [G]bad misfortune came o’er meAnd caused me to stray from the [D]landFar a-[G]way from me friends and re-[Em]lationsBe-[C]trayed by the [D]black velvet [G]band [G]{c:CHORUS:}
{soc}Her [G]eyes they shone like the diamonds [G]You’d think she was queen of the [D]land [D]And her [G]hair hung over her [Em]shoulderTied [C]up with a [D]black velvet [G]band [G]
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Well [G]I was out strolling one evening Not meaning to go very [D]far [D]When I [G]met with a ficklesome [Em]damselShe was [C]selling her [D]trade in the [G]bar [G]When a [G]watch she took from a customerAnd slipped it right into me [D]hand [D]Then the [G]law came and put me in [Em]prisonBad [C]luck to her [D]black velvet [G]band [G]{c:CHORUS:}
{soc}Her [G]eyes they shone like the diamonds [G]You’d think she was queen of the [D]land [D]And her [G]hair hung over her [Em]shoulderTied [C]up with a [D]black velvet [G]band [G]
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This [G]mornin’ before judge and juryFor trial I had to ap-[D]pear [D]Then the [G]judge, he says “me young [Em]fellowThe [C]case against [D]you is quite [G]clear [G]And [G]seven long years is your sentenceYou’re going to Van Diemen’s [D]Land” [D]Far a-[G]way from your friends and re-[Em]lationsBe-[C]trayed by the [D]black velvet [G]band” [G]{c:CHORUS:}
{soc}Her [G]eyes they shone like the diamonds [G]You’d think she was queen of the [D]land [D]And her [G]hair hung over her [Em]shoulderTied [C]up with a [D]black velvet [G]band [G]
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So come [G]all ye jolly young fellowsI’ll have you take warnin’ by [D]me [D]And when-[G]ever you’re out on the [Em]liquor me ladsBe-[C]ware of the [D]pretty col-[G]leens [G]For they’ll [G]fill you with whiskey and porterTill you are not able to [D]stand [D]And the [G]very next thing that you [Em]know me ladsYou’ve [C]landed in [D]Van Diemen’s [G]Land [G]↓
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{soc}Her [G]eyes they shone like the diamonds [G]You’d think she was queen of the [D]land [D]And her [G]hair hung over her [Em]shoulder
{c:Slow down}Tied [C]up with a [D]black velvet [G]band [G]
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{t:Black Velvet Band}
