Chords for The Black Velvet Band

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In a neat little town they called _ _ Belfast, A friendly distant trade I was found, _ _ _
And my niece, the darling sweet _ [C#m] happiness, _ [A]
I spent in [B] that neat little town. _ _ _
Till a sad misfortune came over me, _ And caused me to stray from the [F#] land, _ _
[B] Far away from my friends and _ _ [C#m] relations, _ _
[A] To follow [B] the black [E] velvet [B] band. _
Oh her eyes they shone like [E] the diamonds, _ _ _ _ You'd think she was [B] queen of the _ land. _
And her hair hung over her _ _ _ [C#m] shoulder, _
[A] Right up [B] where the black [E] velvet band. _ _ _ _
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One time [B] I went out strolling [E] one _ evening, _ _ I'm beginning to go very [B] far, _ _ _
[E] I just meet [B] with a frolicsome [C#m] dancer, _ _ [A]
Who'd gone flying [B] her trade at the [E] bar. _ _ _ _ _
Well I watched [B] she talk from [E] the customer, _ _ _ And placed it right into [B] me hand.
_ _ And she gave me charge to the [C#m] policeman, _ _
[A] _ Betrayed [F#] by the black [E] velvet band. _ _ _
Oh her eyes they [B] shone like the diamonds, _ _ _ You'd think she was queen [F#] of the land. _ _
[E] And her hair [B] hung over her _ _ [C#m] shoulder, _
[A] Right up [B] where the black [E] velvet band. _ _ _
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_ Well before [B] the lawyer I was [E] taken, _ _ _ At trial I had to [B] appear. _ _ _
And the judge he said, young _ [C#m] fellow, _
[A] The case against [B] you is [E] quite clear. _ _ _
Now it's fifty [B] long years have [E] they gave [B] me, _ To plough _ upon Van Diemen's [F#] land.
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Far away from me friends and _ _ [C#] relations, _
[A] _ I curse [Bm] all that black velvet [B] band.
_ _ Oh her eyes they shone like [E] the diamonds, _ [B] _ _
You'd think she was queen of [F#] the land.
_ _ [B] And her hair hung over her _ _ [C#m] shoulder, _ [A] Right up [B] where the black velvet band. _ _ _ _ _
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So come on you jolly young [E] fellows, _ _ _ _ I'll have you take [B] a warning by me.
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And whenever you're out on the go [C#m] me lads, _
[A] Beware of [B] them pretty colleagues. _ _ _ _
For they'll treat you to whiskey and porter, _ _ _ Till you are not able to stand.
_ _ And the very next thing that you know [C#m] me lads, [A] You'll end [B] up in Van Diemen's land.
_ _ Oh her eyes they shone [E] like the diamonds, _ _ You'd think [B] she was queen of the land.
_ And her hair hung over her _ _ [C#m] shoulder, _ [A] Right up [B] where the black [A] velvet _
[E] band. _ _ _ _
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