• Song:

    Irish Folk

  • Artist:

    The Black Velvet Band

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Black Velvet Band chords
Irish Folk

G (320003@1)                                                           DIn (xx0232@1)a neat little town they call Belfast apprenticed to trade I was bound
    G (320003@1)                   Em (022000@1)        C (x32010@1)           D (xx0232@1)         GAnd (320003@1)many an hour of sweet happiness I spent in that neat little town
     G (320003@1)                                                         DTill (xx0232@1)bad misfortune came over me and caused me to stray from the land
     G (320003@1)                       Em (022000@1)       C (x32010@1)          D (xx0232@1)          GFar (320003@1)away from me friends and relations me followed the Black Velvet Band

GHer (320003@1)eyes they shown like the diamonds
                                 DYou'd (xx0232@1)think she was queen of the land
        G (320003@1)                EmAnd (022000@1)her hair hung over her shoulder
     C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)          GTied (320003@1)up with a Black Velvet Band

G (320003@1)                                                     DWell (xx0232@1)I went out strolling one evening not meaning to go very far
       G (320003@1)                    Em (022000@1)           C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)        GWhen (320003@1)I met with a fickle-some damsel she was plying her trade in a bar
       G (320003@1)                                                         DWhen (xx0232@1)a watch she took from a customer and slipped it right into me hand
        G (320003@1)              Em (022000@1)           C (x32010@1)          D (xx0232@1)          GAnd (320003@1)the law it came and arrested me bad luck to your Black Velvet Band

GHer (320003@1)eyes they shown like the diamonds
                                 DYou'd (xx0232@1)think she was queen of the land
        G (320003@1)                EmAnd (022000@1)her hair hung over her shoulder
     C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)          GTied (320003@1)up with a Black Velvet Band

G (320003@1)                                              DThis (xx0232@1)mornin' before judge and jury a trial I had to appear
        G (320003@1)                     Em (022000@1)        C (x32010@1)          D (xx0232@1)          GAnd (320003@1)the judge he says "me young fellow" the case against you is quite clear
    G (320003@1)                                                           DAnd (xx0232@1)seven long years is your sentence you're going to Van Daemons Land
     G (320003@1)                         Em (022000@1)        C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)          GFar (320003@1)away from your friends and relations and follow the Black Velvet Band

GHer (320003@1)eyes they shown like the diamonds
                                 DYou'd (xx0232@1)think she was queen of the land
        G (320003@1)                EmAnd (022000@1)her hair hung over her shoulder
     C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)          GTied (320003@1)up with a Black Velvet Band

G (320003@1)                                                             DSo (xx0232@1)come all ye jolly young fellows I'll have you take warnin' from me
    G (320003@1)                  Em (022000@1)             C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)       GWhenever (320003@1)you're into the liquor me lads beware of the pretty colleen
            G (320003@1)                                                       DFor (xx0232@1)they'll fill you with whiskey and porter till you are not able to stand
        G (320003@1)                      Em (022000@1)                C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)          GAnd (320003@1)the very next thing that you know me lads you've landed in Van Daemon's Land

GHer (320003@1)eyes they shown like the diamonds
                                 DYou'd (xx0232@1)think she was queen of the land
        G (320003@1)                EmAnd (022000@1)her hair hung over her shoulder
     C (x32010@1)       D (xx0232@1)          GTied (320003@1)up with a Black Velvet Band

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