*= mute chord

(verse 1) (just pick these chords  folk style)
     G
In a neat little town they call Prockton
                           D
Apprenticed in trade I was bound
    G       G/F#          Em
And many an hour of sweet happiness
  C             D           G
I spent in that neat little town
     G
Then bad misfortune befell me
                                D
And caused me to stray from the land
    G            G G F           Em
Far away from my friends and companions
   C          D            G
To follow the black velvet band

(Mandolon Lead)
       ( G )                             ( D )       ( G )   ( G/F# )  ( Em )
E | --10-10--10-7-8-10-8-7------------------10-8-7-7--7----------------- | 
B | ------------------------8-8-8-8-7-5-----------------3-5-7--8-10-12-- | 
G | ------------------------------------7------------------------------- | 
D | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | 
A | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | 
E | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | 

      ( C )    ( D )   ( G )
E | --5-7-7----------- | 
B | ---------3-5-7-8-- | 
G | ------------------ | 
D | ------------------ | 
A | ------------------ | 
E | ------------------ | 

(verse 2)
   G *
As I as out strolling one evening
                           D *
Not intending to stay very long
G       G/F#       Em
I met a frolicsome damsel
   C        D         G
As she came tripping along
  G *
A watch she pulled out her pocket
                             D *
And slipped it right into my hand
       G          G/F#         Em
On the very first night that I met her
    C           D            G
Bad luck to the black velvet band

(refr?o)
    G
Her eyes  they shone like the diamond
                                 D
You'd think she was queen of the land
        G         G/F#     Em
And her hair hung over her shoulder
     C       D            G
Tied up in a black velvet band

(verse 3)
  G *
Before judge and jury next morning
                 D *
Both of us did appear
  G         G/F#        Em
A gentleman claimed his jewelry
        C            D      G
And the case against us was clear
    G *
Now seven long years transportation
                           D *
Right down to Van Dieman's land
    G            G/F#          Em
Far away from my friends and companions
   C           D            G
To follow this black velvet band

(refr?o)

(guitar Lead)
E | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | 
B | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | 
G | --7-7--7-4-5-7-5-4---4-2-----------------7-5-4-4--4-------0-2-4-- | 
D | -------------------------5-5--5-5-4-2-0-------------0-2-4-------- | 
A | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | 
E | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | 

E | -------------------- | 
B | -------------------- | 
G | --2-4-4--4---------- | 
D | -----------0-2-4-5-- | 
A | -------------------- | 
E | -------------------- | 

(verse 4) (use distorted open chords)
   G
So come all you jolly young fellows
                              D
I'll have you take warning by me
    G           G/F#       Em
Whenever you're out on the liquor
  C           D        G
Beware of the pretty Colleen
       G
She'll fill you with whiskey and porter
                         D
Until you're not able to stand
        G         G/F#        Em
And the very next thing you'd know
       C         D            G
You've landed in Van Dieman's Land

(refr?o)

( G G/F# Em C D G )