Dubliners, Black Velvet Band (1967)
^{Key: :[G] (w: Traditional)}

VERSE 1:
Well, in a [G] neat little town they call Belfast
Apprentice to [C] trade I was [D] bound
[G] Many an hours sweet [Em] happiness
Have I [Am] spent in that [D] neat little [G] town

VERSE 2:
A [G] sad misfortune came over me
Which caused me to [C] stray from the [D] land
Far a-[G]-way from my friends and re-[Em]-lations
Be-[Am]-trayed by the [D] black velvet [G] band

CHORUS:
Her [G] eyes they shone like diamonds
I thought her the [C] queen of the [D] land
And her [G] hair it hung over her [Em] shoulder
Tied [Am] up with a [D] black velvet [G] band

VERSE 3:
[G] I took a stroll down Broadway
Meaning not [C] long for to [D] stay
When [G] who should I meet but this [Em] pretty fair maid
Comes a [Am] tripping a-[D]-long the high-[G]-way

VERSE 4:
She [G] was both fair and handsome
Her neck it was [C] just like a [D] swans
And her [G] hair it hung over her [Em] shoulder
Tied [Am] up with a [D] black velvet [G] band

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VERSE 5:
I [G] took a stroll with this pretty fair maid
And a gentleman [C] passing us [D] by
Well I [G] knew she meant the [Em] doing of him
By the [Am] look in her [D] roguish black [G] eye

VERSE 6:
A [G] goldwatch she took from his pocket
And placed it [C] right into my [D] hand
And the [G] very first thing that I [Em] said was
Bad [Am] luck to the [D] black velvet [G] band

REPEAT CHORUS:

VERSE 7:
Be-[G]-fore the judge and the jury
Next morning I [C] had to ap-[D]-pear
The [G] judge he says to [Em] me young man
Your [Am] case it is [D] proven [G] clear

VERSE 8:
We'll [G] give you seven years penal servitude
To be spent far a-[C]-way from the [D] land
[G] Far away from your friends and comp-[Em]-panions
Be-[Am]-trayed by the [D] black velvet [G] band

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