The Black Velvet Band chords by The High Kings

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C majorC

Verse:
   G+G
In a neat little town they call Belfast
              D MajorD
Apprenticed to trade I was bound
  G+G             E minorEm
For many an hour's sweet happiness
    A minorAm      D MajorD      C majorC
Have I spent in that neat little town

Verse:
   G+G
But a sad misfortune came over me
                 D MajorD
Which caused me to stray from the land
   G+G              E minorEm
Far away from my friends and relations
 A minorAm      D MajorD      C majorC
Betrayed by the black velvet band

Chorus:
  G+G
Her eyes they shone like diamonds
                D MajorD
I thought her the queen of the land
    G+G           E minorEm
And her hair it hung over her shoulder
   A minorAm    D MajorD      G+G
Tied up with a black velvet band

Verse:
 G+G
I took a stroll down Broadway
              D MajorD
Oh, meaning not long for to stay
   G+G                   E minorEm
When who should I meet but this pretty fair maid
    A minorAm     D MajorD      C majorC
Come a'traipsing along the highway

Verse:
  G+G
She was both fair and handsome
              D MajorD
Her neck it was just like a swan's
    G+G           E minorEm
And her hair it hung over her shoulder
   A minorAm    D MajorD      G+G
Tied up with a black velvet band

Chorus:
  G+G
Her eyes they shone like diamonds
                D MajorD
I thought her the queen of the land
    G+G           E minorEm
And her hair it hung over her shoulder
   A minorAm    D MajorD      C majorC
Tied up with a black velvet band

Instrumental:
C majorC  E minorEm A minorAm D MajorD

Verse:
 G+G
I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid
              D MajorD
And a gentleman passing us by
   G+G             E minorEm
Oh, I knew that she meant the undoing of him
    A minorAm     D MajorD       C majorC
By the look in her roguish black eye

Verse:
 G+G
A augmentedA gold watch she took from his pocket
               D MajorD
And slipped it right into my hand
    G+G              E minorEm
And the very first thing that I said was
  A minorAm      D MajorD      C majorC
"A curse to the black velvet band"

Chorus:
  G+G
Her eyes they shone like diamonds
                D MajorD
I thought her the queen of the land
    G+G           E minorEm
And her hair it hung over her shoulder
   A minorAm    D MajorD      G+G
Tied up with a black velvet band

Verse:
G+G
Seven long years penal servitude
                 D MajorD
To be spent down in Van Diemen's Land
   G+G              E minorEm
Far away from my friends and relations
 A minorAm      D MajorD      C majorC
Betrayed by the black velvet band

Chorus:
  A augmentedA
Her eyes they shone like diamonds
                E MajorE
I thought her the queen of the land
    A augmentedA           F# minorF#m
And her hair it hung over her shoulder
   B minorBm    E MajorE      A augmentedA
Tied up with a black velvet band

Chorus:
  A augmentedA
Her eyes they shone like diamonds
                E MajorE
I thought her the queen of the land
    A augmentedA           F# minorF#m
And her hair it hung over her shoulder
   B minorBm    E MajorE      A augmentedA
Tied up with a black velvet band