e: 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