Black Velvet Band - TRADITIONAL Intro: [Dm] [G7] [C] [C] In a [C] neat little town they call Belfast, apprenticed to trade I was [G] bound, and [C] Many an [Em] hour of sweet [Am*] hap [G*] pi [C*] ness Have I [Dm] spent in that [G7] neat little [C] town. 'Till a sad misfortune came o'er me, and caused me to stray from the [G] land. Far a [C] way from [Em] my friends and re-[Am*] la-[G*]-a-[C*]-tions, Be-[Dm]trayed by the [G7] black velvet [C] band. Her [C] eyes they shone like diamonds, I thought her the queen of the [G] land, And her [C] hair hung [Em] over her [Am*] sho-[G*]-oul-[C*]-der, Tied [Dm] up with a [G7] black velvet [C] band. I [C] took a stroll down Broadway, meaning not long for to [G] stay, When [C] who should I [Em] meet but this [Am*] pretty [G*] fair [C*] maid, Come a [Dm] traipsing a-[G7]long the high-[C]way. She was both fair and handsome, her neck it was just like a [G] swan's. And her [C] hair hung [Em] over her [Am*] sho-[G*]-oul-[C*]-der, Tied [Dm] up with a [G7] black velvet [C] band. Her [C] eyes they shone like diamonds, I thought her the queen of the [G] land, And her [C] hair hung [Em] over her [Am*] sho-[G*]-oul-[C*]-der, Tied [Dm] up with a [G7] black velvet [C] band. I [C] took a stroll with this pretty fair maid, and a gentleman passing us [G] by. Well, I [C] knew she [Em] meant the [Am*] doing [G*] of [C*] him, By the [Dm] look in her [G7] roguish black [C] eye. A gold watch she took from his pocket, and placed it right into my [G] hand, And the [C] very first [Em] thing that I [Am*] sa-[G*]-id [C*] was "Bad [Dm] ‘cess to the [G7] black velvet [C] band". Her [C] eyes they shone like diamonds, I thought her the queen of the [G] land, And her [C] hair hung [Em] over her [Am*] sho-[G*]-oul-[C*]-der, Tied [Dm] up with a [G7] black velvet [C] band. Be[C]fore the judge and the jury, next morning I had to ap-[G]pear. And the [C] judge he [Em] says to [Am*] me, [G*] "Young [C*] Man, The [Dm] case against you is [G7] proving [C] clear. We’ll give you seven years penal servitude, to be spent far away from this [G] land, Far a-[C]way from your [Em] friends and com-[Am*] pa-[G*]-ni-[C*]-ons,, Be-[Dm]trayed by the [G7] black velvet [C] band. Her [C] eyes they shone like diamonds, I thought her the queen of the [G] land, And her [C] hair hung [Em] over her [Am*] sho-[G*]-oul-[C*]-der, Tied [Dm] up with a [G7] black velvet [C] band. So [C]come on you jolly young fellows, a warning take from [G]me When you’re [C]out on the [Em] town me [Am*] bo-[G*]-oo-[C*]oys, Be-[Dm] ware the[G7] pretty [C]Colleen For they will fill you with strong drink, me lads, ‘Till you’re unable to[G] stand And the [C] very last thing [Em] that you will [Am*]kn [G]ow is You’re [Dm] landed in [G7] van-demons [C] land Her [C] eyes they shone like diamonds, I thought her the queen of the [G] land, And her [C] hair hung [Em] over her [Am*] sho-[G*]-oul-[C*]-der, Tied [Dm] up with a [G7] black velvet [C] band.