Black Velvet Band Ukulele chords by The Dubliners

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

Intro:
Am D G


Verse:
  G
In a neat little town they call Belfast,
        C     D
apprenticed to trade I was bound,
G
Many an hour sweet happiness
   Am      D    G
Have I spent in that neat little town.
G

'Till a sad misfortune came o'er me,
         C      D
and caused me to stray from the land.
  G
Far away from my friends and relations,
 Am     D     G
Betrayed by the black velvet band.


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


 G
I took a stroll down Broadway,
     C     D
meaning not long for to stay,
  G
When who should I meet but this pretty fair maid,
   Am    D     G
Come atraipsing along the highway.
G
She was both fair and handsome,
       C     D
her neck it was just like a swan's.
   G
And her hair hung over her shoulder,
  Am     D    G
Tied up with the black velvet band.


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


 G
I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid,
       C    D
and a gentleman passing us by.
    G
Well, I knew she meant the doing of him,
   Am    D      G
By the look in her roguish black eye.
G
A gold watch she took from his pocket,
      C      D
And placed it right into my hand,
   G
And the very first thing that I said was:
  Am    D     G
Bad ‘cess to the black velvet band".


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


 G
Before the judge and the jury
       C   D
next morning I had to appear.
 G
The judge he says to me, "Young fellow,
 Am     D     G
The case against you is quite clear.
G
Seven long years is your sentence,
        C     D
to be spent far away from this land,
  G
Far away from your friends and relations,
Am     D      G
betrayed by the black velvet band.


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