Black Velvet Band chords by Luke Kelly

Chords with lyrics

BLACK VELVET BAND ? LUKE KELLY
TAB?S BY WOMPTON

VERSE 1:
   G+G                              D MajorD  D7D7
In a neat little town they call Belfast apprenticed to trade I was bound
G+G           E minorEm        C majorC       D MajorD      G+G
Many an hour of sweet happiness have I spent in that neat little town
 G+G                               D MajorD  D7D7
A augmentedA sad misfortune came over me, which caused me to stray from the land
   G+G            E minorEm      C majorC        D MajorD      G+G
Far away from my friends and relations me betrayed by the Black Velvet Band

CHORUS:
  G+G                                 D MajorD  D7D7
Her eyes they shown like the diamonds, I thought her the queen of the land
    G+G         E minorEm       C majorC     D MajorD      G+G
And her hair hung over her shoulder, tied up with a Black Velvet Band

VERSE 2:
   G+G                            D MajorD  D7D7
I took a stroll down Broadway, meaning not long for to stay
   G+G             E minorEm            C majorC     D MajorD     G+G
When who should I meet but this pretty fair maid, come a-trampsing along the highway
G+G                              D MajorD  D7D7
She was both fair and handsome, her neck it was just like a swan
    G+G           E minorEm       C majorC      D MajorD      G+G
And her hair it hung over her shoulder, tied up with the Black Velvet Band

CHORUS:
  G+G                                 D MajorD  D7D7
Her eyes they shown like the diamonds, I thought her the queen of the land
    G+G         E minorEm       C majorC     D MajorD      G+G
And her hair hung over her shoulder, tied up with a Black Velvet Band

VERSE 3:
   G+G                                D MajorD  D7D7
I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid, and a gentleman passing us by
 G+G           E minorEm         C majorC      D MajorD       G+G
I knew what she meant to do with him, by the look in her roguish black eye
 G+G                                D MajorD  D7D7
A augmentedA gold watch she took from his pocket, and placed it right into my hand
   G+G             E minorEm      C majorC     D MajorD      G+G
And the very next thing that I knew was, I?d landed in Van Daemon?s Land

CHORUS:
  G+G                                 D MajorD  D7D7
Her eyes they shown like the diamonds, I thought her the queen of the land
    G+G         E minorEm       C majorC     D MajorD      G+G
And her hair hung over her shoulder, tied up with a Black Velvet Band

VERSE 4:
G+G                          D MajorD   D7D7
Before the judge and the jury, next morning I had to appear
    G+G        E minorEm         C majorC      D MajorD   G+G
And the judge he says to me "young man, your case it has proven clear"
   G+G                                D MajorD  D7D7
We?ll give seven years penal servitude, to be spent far away from the land
   G+G             E minorEm      C majorC       D MajorD      G+G
Far away from your friends and companions betrayed by the Black Velvet Band

CHORUS:
  G+G                                 D MajorD  D7D7
Her eyes they shown like the diamonds, I thought her the queen of the land
    G+G         E minorEm       C majorC     D MajorD      G+G
And her hair hung over her shoulder, tied up with a Black Velvet Band

VERSE 5:
  G+G                         D MajorD  D7D7
So come all you jolly young fellows, a warning take by me
   G+G         E minorEm       C majorC       D MajorD     G+G
When you are out on the town, me boys, beware of the pretty colleen
       G+G             C majorC  G+G             D MajorD  D7D7
For they'll feed you with strong drink, mar yeah!, till you unable to stand
    G+G            E minorEm       C majorC     D MajorD      G+G
And the very next thing that you know is, you've landed in Van Daemon's Land

CHORUS:
  G+G                                 D MajorD  D7D7
Her eyes they shown like the diamonds, I thought her the queen of the land
    G+G         E minorEm       C majorC     D MajorD      G+G