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.