The Black Velvet Band Chords by Luke Kelly

[G] Well in the neat little town they called _ Belfast,
A friend is to [C] trade a [Dm] little vow.
_ [G] Many an hour's sweet happiness,
[D] Have I spent in that [G] neat little town.
_ _ A sad misfortune came over me,
Which caused me [C] to stray from [D] the land.
[G] Far away from [D] my friends and [G] _
relations,
_ [D] Betrayed by the [G] black velvet man,
Let me sing now, her eyes they shone like diamonds.
I thought her [C] the queen [D] of the land,
And [G] her hair it hung over her shoulder,
Tied up [D] with a black [G] velvet band.
_ I took a stroll down Broadway,
_ _ Meaning [C] not long [D] for to stay,
[G] When who should [D] I meet but [G] this pretty fair maid,
[D] Come a-traipsing [G] along the highway.
_ She was both fair and handsome,
_ Her neck it [C] was just [D] like a swan,
[G] And her hair [D] it hung [G] over her _ shoulder,
Tied [D] up with a black [G] velvet band.
Raise the roof now!
Her eyes they shone like diamonds,
_ I thought her [C] the queen [D] of the land,
[G] And her hair [D] it hung over [G] her _ shoulder,
[D] Tied up with a black [G] velvet _ band.
I took a stroll [C] with this pretty [G] fair maid,
And a gentleman [Bm] [C] passing [D] us by.
[G] What I knew she meant the doing of him,
By [D] the look in her [G] roguish black eye.
A gold watch she took from his pocket,
_ _ And placed [C] it right [D] into my hand.
[G] And the very [D] next thing [G] that I knew was,
[D] I'd landed in Van [G] Diemen's land.
Her eyes they shone like diamonds,
I thought [C] her the [D] queen of the land,
_ And her hair it hung [G] over her shoulder,
Tied up with a black velvet band.
Before the judge and the jury,
_ Next morning [C] I had to [D] _ appear.
[G] The judge, she says to me,
Young man, your case it [D] is [G] proven _ clear,
We'll give you seven years penal _ servitude,
To be sent [C] far away [D] from the land,
Far away from your friends [G] and _ companions,
[D] Betrayed by the black [G] velvet band.
Her eyes they shone like diamonds,
_ I thought her the queen [D] of the land,
_ [G] Her hair it hung over her _ shoulder,
Tied up with a black velvet band.
So come all you jolly young _ fellows,
A [C] warning [D] take by me.
_ [G] When you [D] are out [G] on that town,
Me boys, [D] beware of the pretty [G] _ Colleen,
For they'll feed you with [C] strong [G] drink,
My, yeah, till you [C] are unable [D] to stand.
_ [G] And the very next thing that [D] you'll know [G] is,
[D] You've landed in Van [G] Diemen's land.
Last time now.
Her eyes they shone like diamonds,
Let's hear ya!
I thought her the queen [D] of the land,
[G] And her hair it [D] hung over [G] her _ shoulder,
Tied up with a black velvet band. _ _ _
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