Black Velvet Band chords by Luke Kelly

BLACK VELVET BAND ? LUKE KELLY
TAB?S BY WOMPTON

VERSE 1:
   G                              D  D7
In a neat little town they call Belfast apprenticed to trade I was bound
G           Em        C       D      G
Many an hour of sweet happiness have I spent in that neat little town
 G                               D  D7
A sad misfortune came over me, which caused me to stray from the land
   G            Em      C        D      G
Far away from my friends and relations me betrayed by the Black Velvet Band

CHORUS:
  G                                 D  D7
Her eyes they shown like the diamonds, I thought her the queen of the land
    G         Em       C     D      G
And her hair hung over her shoulder, tied up with a Black Velvet Band

VERSE 2:
   G                            D  D7
I took a stroll down Broadway, meaning not long for to stay
   G             Em            C     D     G
When who should I meet but this pretty fair maid, come a-trampsing along the highway
G                              D  D7
She was both fair and handsome, her neck it was just like a swan
    G           Em       C      D      G
And her hair it hung over her shoulder, tied up with the Black Velvet Band

CHORUS:
  G                                 D  D7
Her eyes they shown like the diamonds, I thought her the queen of the land
    G         Em       C     D      G
And her hair hung over her shoulder, tied up with a Black Velvet Band

VERSE 3:
   G                                D  D7
I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid, and a gentleman passing us by
 G           Em         C      D       G
I knew what she meant to do with him, by the look in her roguish black eye
 G                                D  D7
A gold watch she took from his pocket, and placed it right into my hand
   G             Em      C     D      G
And the very next thing that I knew was, I'd landed in Van Daemon?s Land

CHORUS:
  G                                 D  D7
Her eyes they shown like the diamonds, I thought her the queen of the land
    G         Em       C     D      G
And her hair hung over her shoulder, tied up with a Black Velvet Band

VERSE 4:
G                          D   D7
Before the judge and the jury, next morning I had to appear
    G        Em         C      D   G
And the judge he says to me "young man, your case it has proven clear"
   G                                D  D7
We'll give seven years penal servitude, to be spent far away from the land
   G             Em      C       D      G
Far away from your friends and companions betrayed by the Black Velvet Band

CHORUS:
  G                                 D  D7
Her eyes they shown like the diamonds, I thought her the queen of the land
    G         Em       C     D      G
And her hair hung over her shoulder, tied up with a Black Velvet Band

VERSE 5:
  G                         D  D7
So come all you jolly young fellows, a warning take by me
   G         Em       C       D     G
When you are out on the town, me boys, beware of the pretty colleen
       G             C  G             D  D7
For they'll feed you with strong drink, mar yeah!, till you unable to stand
    G            Em       C     D      G
And the very next thing that you know is, you've landed in Van Daemon's Land

CHORUS:
  G                                 D  D7
Her eyes they shown like the diamonds, I thought her the queen of the land
    G         Em       C     D      G