{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":7150,"song":"Black Velvet Band","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11538261-black-velvet-band-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/7150?type=chord","rating":4.68353,"votes":142,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn a neat little town they call Belfast apprenticed to trade I was bound[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd many an hour of sweet happiness I spent in that neat little town[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTill bad misfortune came over me and caused me to stray from the land[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFar away from me friends and relations to follow the Black Velvet Band[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHer eyes they shone like diamonds[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou'd think she was queen of the land[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd her hair hung over her shoulder[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTied up with a Black Velvet Band[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell I went out strolling one evening not meaning to go very far[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I met with a fickle-some damsel she was plying her trade in a bar[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen a watch she took from a cutomer and slipped it right into me hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the law it came and arrested me bad luck to your Black Velvet Band[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHer eyes they shone like diamonds[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou'd think she was queen of the land[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd her hair hung over her shoulder[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTied up with a Black Velvet Band[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThis mornin' before judge and jury a trial I had to appear[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the judge he says \"me young fellow\" the case against you is quite clear[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd seven long years is your sentence, you're going to Van Diemen's Land[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFar away from your friends and relations and follow the Black Velvet Band[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHer eyes they shone like diamonds[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou'd think she was queen of the land[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd her hair hung over her shoulder[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTied up with a Black Velvet Band[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo come all ye jolly young fellows I'll have you take warnin' from me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhenever you're into the liquor me lads beware of the pretty colleen[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                                                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor they'll fill you with whiskey and porter till you are not able to stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the very next thing that you know me lads you've landed in Van Diemen's Land[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHer eyes they shone like diamonds[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou'd think she was queen of the land[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd her hair hung over her shoulder[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTied up with a Black Velvet Band[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHer eyes they shone like diamonds[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou'd think she was queen of the land[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd her hair hung over her shoulder[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTied up with a Black Velvet Band[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","D","Em","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}