Black Velvet Band [C]
Traditional
Intro: [Dm] [G] [C] [C]
Verse 1:
In a [C] neat little town they call Belfast, apprenticed to [F] trade I was [G] bound,
[C] Many an hour sweet happiness
Have I [Dm] spent in that [G] neat little [C] town.
'Till a sad misfortune came o'er me, and caused me to [F] stray from the [G] land.
Far a-[C]way from my friends and relations,
Be-[Dm]trayed by the [G] black velvet [C] band.
|Chorus:
|Her [C] eyes they shone like diamonds,
|I thought her the [F] queen of the [G] land,
|And her [C] hair hung over her [Am] shoulder,
|Tied [Dm] up with a [G] black velvet [C] band.
Verse 2:
I [C] took a stroll down Broadway, meaning not [F] long for to [G] stay,
When [C] who should I meet but this pretty fair maid,
Come a [Dm] traipsing a-[G]long the high[C]way.
She was both fair and handsome, her neck it was [F] just like a [G] swan's
And her [C] hair hung over her shoulder,
Tied [Dm] up with a [G] black velvet [C] band.
|Chorus:
|Her [C] eyes they shone like diamonds,
|I thought her the [F] queen of the [G] land,
|And her [C] hair hung over her [Am] shoulder,
|Tied [Dm] up with a [G] black velvet [C] band.
Verse 3:
I [C] took a stroll with this pretty fair maid, and a gentleman [F] passing us [G] by.
Well, I [C] knew she meant the doing of him,
By the [Dm] look in her [G] roguish black [C] eye.
A gold watch she took from his pocket, And placed it [F] right into my [G] hand,
And the [C] very first thing that I said was,
"Bad [Dm] ‘cess to the [G] black velvet [C] band".
|Chorus:
|Her [C] eyes they shone like diamonds,
|I thought her the [F] queen of the [G] land,
|And her [C] hair hung over her [Am] shoulder,
|Tied [Dm] up with a [G] black velvet [C] band.
Verse 4:
Be[C]fore the judge and the jury next morning I [F] had to a-[G]ppear.
The [C] judge he says to me, "Young fellow,
The [Dm] case against [G] you is quite [C] clear.
Seven long years is your sentence, to be spent far a [F] way from this [G] land,
Far a-[C]way from your friends and relations,
Be-[Dm]trayed by the [G] black velvet [C] band.
|Chorus:
|Her [C] eyes they shone like diamonds,
|I thought her the [F] queen of the [G] land,
|And her [C] hair hung over her [Am] shoulder,
|(Slowing)
|Tied [Dm] up with a [G] black velvet [C////////] band.
Dirty Old Town [☘️] - Ewan McColl
[C] [C] [C]
[NC] I met my [C] love... by the gas [F] works [C] croft
Dreamed a [F] dream... by the old ca[C]nal
I [F] kissed my [C] girl... by the [F] factory [C] wall
Dirty old [Dm] town... dirty old [Am] town
[NC] Clouds are [C] dri-i-ifting a-[F]-cross the [C] moon
Cats are [F] pro-o-owling on their [C] beat
[F] Springs a [C] girl... from the [F] streets at [C] night
Dirty old [Dm] town... dirty old [Am] town
[NC] I heard a [C] siren... coming [F] from the [C] docks
Saw a [F] train... set the night on [C] fire
I [F] smelled the [C] spring... on the [F] smokey [C] wind
Dirty old [Dm] town... dirty old [Am] town
[NC] I'm gonna [C] make me... a [F] big sharp [C] axe
Shining [F] steel... tempered in a [C] fire
I’ll [F] chop you [C] down... like an [F] old dead [C] tree
Dirty old [Dm] town... dirty old [Am] town
[NC] I met my [C] love... by the gas [F] works [C] croft
Dreamed a [F] dream... by the old ca[C]nal
I [F] kissed my [C] girl... by the [F] factory [C] wall
Dirty old [Dm] town... dirty old [Am] town
Dirty old [Dm] town... dirty old [Am] town
(SLOWING)
Dirty old [Dm] town... dirty old [Am*] town
Galway Girl [☘️] - Steve Earle
[Intro] [C] [C]
[C] Well, I took a stroll on the old long walk
On a day-I-ay-I-[F]ay
[C] I met a little girl and we stopped to talk
on a [C] grand-soft [F]day-I-[C]-ay
And I [F] ask you, [C] friend, what's a [F] fella to [C] do
'Cause her [Am] hair was black and her [F] eyes were [C] blue
And I [F] knew right [C] then, I'd be [F] takin' a [C] whirl
'Round the [Am] Salthill Prom with a [F] Galway [C] girl
[C] [C] [F] [C] [F][C][F][Am] [G] [C]
[C] We were halfway there when the rain came down
On a day-I-ay-I-[F]ay
And she [C]asked me up to her flat downtown
on a [C] grand-soft [F] day-I-[C]-ay
And I [F] ask you, [C] friend, what's a [F] fella to [C] do
'Cause her [Am] hair was black and her [F] eyes were [C] blue
So I [F] took her [C] hand, and I [F] give her a [C] twirl
And I [Am] lost my heart to a [F] Galway [C] girl
[C] [C] [F] [C] [F][C][F][Am] [G] [C]
[F] [C] [G] [F][C][F][Am] [G] [C]
[C] When I woke up I was all alone... On a day-I-ay-I-[F]ay
With a [C] broken heart and a [F] ticket [C] home,
on a grand-soft [F] day-I [C]-ay
And I [F] ask you [C] now, tell me [F] what would you [C] do
If her [Am] hair was black and her [F] eyes were [C] blue
I've [F] travelled a-[C]-round I've been all [F] over this [C] world ...
Boys I ain't [Am] seen nothin' like a [F] Galway [C] girl
[C] [C] [F] [C] [F][C][F][Am] [G] [C]
Ireland's Call - Phil Coulter
[Intro]
G G G G
Verse 1:
[G] Come the day and [C] come the [G] hour
Come the power and the [C] glor-[G]y
We have [G] come to [C] answer
Our [Em] Country's [C] call
From the [G] four [C] proud [D] provinces of [G] Ire-land
|Chorus:
|[G] Ireland, [C] Ireland
|[G] Together [Em] standing [D] tall [D7]
|[G] Shoulder to [C] shoulder
|We'll [G] answer [D] Ireland's [G] call
[G] [G]
Verse 2:
[G] From the mighty [C] Glens of [G] Antrim
From the rugged hills of [C] Gal-[G]way
From the [G] walls of [C] Limerick
And [Em] Dublin [C] Bay
From the [G] four [C] proud [D] provinces of [G] Ire-land
|Chorus:
|[G] Ireland, [C] Ireland
|[G] Together [Em] standing [D] tall [D7]
|[G] Shoulder to [C] shoulder
|We'll [G] answer [D] Ireland's [G] call
[G] [G]
Verse 3:
[G] Hearts of steel and [C] heads un-[G]bowing
Vowing never to be [C] bro-[G]ken
We will [G] fight, un-[C]til we
Can [Em] fight no [C] more
From the [G] four [C] proud [D] provinces of [G] Ire-land
|Chorus:
|[G] Ireland, [C] Ireland
|[G] Together [Em] standing [D] tall [D7]
|[G] Shoulder to [C] shoulder
|We'll [G] answer [D] Ireland's [G] call
[G] [G] [Key Change] [A] [A]
|Chorus:
|[A] Ireland, [D] Ireland
|[A] Together standing [E7] tall
|[A] Shoulder to [D] shoulder
|We'll [A] answer [E7] Ireland's [A] call
[Outro]
We'll [A] answer [E7] Ireland's [A///////////] call
Irish Medley * [☘️]- Various
[1.,2.,3...]
Intro [G] [D7] [G]
When [G] Irish [D7] eyes are [G] smiling [G7]
Sure, it's [C] like a morn in [G] Spring
In the [C] lilt of Irish [G] laughter
You can [A] hear the angels [D] sing [D7]
When [G] Irish [D7] hearts are [G] happy [G7]
All the [C] world seems bright and [G] gay
And when [C] Irish eyes are [G] smiling [E7]
They [A] steal your [D] heart a-[G]-way ... [G7]
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In a [C] neat little town they call Belfast
apprenticed to [F] trade I was [G] bound.
[C] Many an hour sweet happiness,
have I [Dm] spent in that [G] neat little [C] town.
Till a sad misfortune came o'er me, and
caused me to [F] stray from the [G] land.
Far a[C]way from my friends and relations,
be[Dm]trayed by the [G] black velvet [C] band
Her [C] eyes they shone like diamonds,
I thought her the [F] queen of the [G] land,
and her [C] hair hung over her shoulder,
tied [Dm] up with a [G] black velvet [C] band ... [G7]
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[C] There's one fair county in [F] Ireland [Dm]
With [G] memories so [G7] glorious and [C] grand
Where nature has lavished its [F] bounty [Dm]
In the [G] orchards of [G7] Erin's green [C] land
I love it's Cathedral [F] city [Dm]
once [G] founded by [G7] Patrick so [C] true
And it bears in the heart of it's [F] bosom [Dm]
The [G] ashes of [G7]Brian [C] Boru
It's my[C] own [Dm] Irish [C] home
[A7] Far across the[Dm] foam
And [G] though I've often left it
In [C]foreign [F]lands to [C] roam
No matter [Dm] where I [C] wander
Through [A7] cities near and [Dm] far
Sure my [C] heart is at home in old [F] Ireland [Dm]
In the [G] County [G7] of [C] Armagh ... [D7]
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When [G] Irish [D] eyes are [G] smiling [G7]
Sure, it's [C] like a morn in [G] Spring
To the [C] lilt of Irish [G] laughter
You can [A] hear the angels [D] sing [D7]
When [G] Irish [D] hearts are [G] happy [G7]
All the [C] world seems bright and [G] gay
And when [C] Irish eyes are [G] smiling [E7]
Sure, they'd [A] steal your [D] heart a-[G]-way
And when [C] Irish eyes are [G] smil--ing [E7]
[Slow] Sure,they'd [A] steal your [D] heart a-[G]-way [G*]
Wild Rover [☘️]
The Dubliners
[Intro]
[C] [G7] [C] [C]
|[Chorus ~ a Capella]
|And it's [G7] no, nay, never
|[C] No, nay, never, no [F] more,
|Will I [C] play the wild [F] rover,
|No [C] never, [G7] no [C] more
[Verse 1]
I've [C] been a wild [G7] rover for [C] many's a [F] year
And I've [C] spent all me [G7] money on whiskey and [C] beer
But now I'm re[G7]turning with [C] gold in great [F] store,
And I [C] never will [G7] play the wild rover no [C] more
|[Chorus]
|And it's [G7] no, nay, never
|[C] No, nay, never, no [F] more,
|Will I [C] play the wild [F] rover,
|No [C] never, [G7] no [C] more
[Verse 2]
I went to an [G7] alehouse I [C] used to fre[F]quent,
And I [C] told the land[G7]lady my money was [C] spent,
I asked her for [G7] credit, she [C] answered me [F] "Nay...
Sure its [C] custom like [G7] yours I can get any [C] day."
|[Chorus]
|And it's [G7] no, nay, never
|[C] No, nay, never, no [F] more,
|Will I [C] play the wild [F] rover,
|No [C] never, [G7] no [C] more
[Verse 3]
I took from me [G7] pocket ten [C] sovereigns [F] bright,
And the [C] landlady's [G7] eyes opened wide with de[C]light,
She said,"I have [G7] whiskeys and [C] wines of the [F] best,
Sure the [C] words that I [G7] spoke now were only in [C] jest.
|[Chorus]
|And it's [G7] no, nay, never
|[C] No, nay, never, no [F] more,
|Will I [C] play the wild [F] rover,
|No [C] never, [G7] no [C] more
[Verse 4]
I'll go home to my [G7] parents, [C] confess what I've [F] done,
And I'll [C] ask them to [G7] pardon their prodigal [C] son,
And then they'll [G7] caress me as [C] oft times be-[F]fore,
And I [C] never will [G7] play the wild rover no [C] more!
|[Chorus]
|And it's [G7] no, nay, never
|[C] No, nay, never, no [F] more,
|
|[Slowing]
|Will I [C*] plaaaay the wild [F*] rover,
|No [C*] never, [G7*] no [C*] more