The Black Velvet Band chords by The High Kings

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C

Verse:
   G
In a neat little town they call Belfast
              D
Apprenticed to trade I was bound
  G             Em
For many an hour's sweet happiness
    Am      D      C
Have I spent in that neat little town

Verse:
   G
But a sad misfortune came over me
                 D
Which caused me to stray from the land
   G              Em
Far away from my friends and relations
 Am      D      C
Betrayed by the black velvet band

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

Verse:
 G
I took a stroll down Broadway
              D
Oh, meaning not long for to stay
   G                   Em
When who should I meet but this pretty fair maid
    Am     D      C
Come a'traipsing along the highway

Verse:
  G
She was both fair and handsome
              D
Her neck it was just like a swan's
    G           Em
And her hair it hung over her shoulder
   Am    D      G
Tied up with a black velvet band

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

Instrumental:
C  Em Am D

Verse:
 G
I took a stroll with this pretty fair maid
              D
And a gentleman passing us by
   G             Em
Oh, I knew that she meant the undoing of him
    Am     D       C
By the look in her roguish black eye

Verse:
 G
A gold watch she took from his pocket
               D
And slipped it right into my hand
    G              Em
And the very first thing that I said was
  Am      D      C
"A curse to the black velvet band"

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

Verse:
G
Seven long years penal servitude
                 D
To be spent down in Van Diemen's Land
   G              Em
Far away from my friends and relations
 Am      D      C
Betrayed by the black velvet band

Chorus:
  A
Her eyes they shone like diamonds
                E
I thought her the queen of the land
    A           F#m
And her hair it hung over her shoulder
   Bm    E      A
Tied up with a black velvet band

Chorus:
  A
Her eyes they shone like diamonds
                E
I thought her the queen of the land
    A           F#m
And her hair it hung over her shoulder
   Bm    E      A
Tied up with a black velvet band