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Date: Sun, 19 Apr 1998 01:38:02 +1000
From: Kevin Woodgate 
Subject: m/misc_irish/black_velvet_band.tab



                     Black Velvet Band       Traditional Irish Song

Transcribed by K Woodgate

Easy melody Version

>         G                             C                        D7
>e|-----|---------------|-------------|-----------------------|-------------
>B|--3--|-3--3--0--2--3-|-2--0--(0)---|----------0------------|-------3---2-
>G|-----|---------------|-----------2-|-0---2-------0---------|-------------
>D|-----|---------------|-------------|-------------------4-2-|-0-(0)-------
>A|-----|---------------|-------------|-----------------------|-------------
>E|-----|---------------|-------------|-----------------------|-------------
>  Twas   in the town of  Tra-lee ap - pren-tice to trade I was bound, With a 
>   G                                       Am         D7           G 
>e|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|----------|
>B|-0---0--0----------|-------------0-----|---------2------------|--------3-|
>G|-------------------|-0---0----2-----0--|-2----0----------0--2-|-0-(0)----|
>D|-----------0--2---4|-------------------|------------4---------|----------|
>A|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|----------|
>E|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|----------|
>  Plen-ty of bright a-muse-ment to see the days of my youth go a- round-Mis 
>   G                                         C                        
>e|--------------------------|--------------|---------------------------|
>B|-3--3---3----0--2----3----|-2--0--(0)----|-----------0---------------|
>G|--------------------------|----------2---|-0------2-----0------------|
>D|--------------------------|--------------|--------------------4----3-|
>A|--------------------------|--------------|---------------------------|
>E|--------------------------|--------------|---------------------------|
>  For-tune and trou-ble came  o'er me- which caused me to stray from the 
>  D7            G                                       Am7        D7  
>e|-------------|---------------------------|-----------|--------------------
>B|-------3---2-|-0--0---0------------------|-----0-----|----0--2------------
>G|-------------|---------------------------|-0-2-----0-|-2------------0---2-
>D|-0-(0)-------|------------0-------2---4--|-----------|-----------4--------
>A|-------------|---------------------------|-----------|--------------------
>E|-------------|---------------------------|-----------|--------------------
>Land,- Far a- way from my friends and re- lations to follow the Black Velvet 
>   G
>e|--------------|
>B|--------------|
>G|-0------------|
>D|--------------|
>A|--------------|
>E|--------------|
>   Band
>
>Chorus:
>        G                                          C  
>e|----|--------------------------|----------------|------------------------
>B|-3--|-3-----3----0-------2--3--|-2--0-(0)-------|-----------0------------
>G|----|--------------------------|------------2---|-0-----2-------0--------
>D|----|--------------------------|----------------|--------------------4-2-
>A|----|--------------------------|----------------|------------------------
>E|----|--------------------------|----------------|------------------------
>  Her  eyes, they spark-led like dia-monds,you'd think she was queen o'
the   
> 
>  D7              G                                    Am7      D7    
>e|---------------|-------------------|---------------|----------------------
>B|-------3---2---|-0---0-------------|------0--------|----0---2-------------
>G|---------------|-------------------|-0--2-------0--|-2--------------0---2-
>D|-0-(0)---------|----------0---2-4--|---------------|-----------4----------
>A|---------------|-------------------|---------------|----------------------
>E|---------------|-------------------|---------------|----------------------
>Land,-With her hair thrown o-ver her shoul-ders, tied up with a Black Velvet 
>
>   G
>e|--------------|
>B|--------------|
>G|-0------------|
>D|--------------|
>A|--------------|
>E|--------------|
>   Band