{"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":626924,"song":"Black Velvet Band","artist":"The Dubliners","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11574609-black-velvet-band-chords-by-the-dubliners/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/626924?type=chord","rating":4.65174,"votes":266,"content":"For Nolan's Irish Session Players\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]             [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's the hour of sweet happiness, I spent in that neat little town[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTill sad misfortune came over me, which 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, betrayed by the black velvet band[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n     Her eyes they shone like diamonds, I thought her the queen of the land[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     And her hair it hung over her shoulder, tied up with a black velvet band[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]         \r\nI took a stroll with this pretty fair maid, and a gentleman passing us by[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI knew she meant the undoing of me, by the look in her roguish black eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA gold watch she took from his pocket, and she placed 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 very first thing that I thought was, bad luck to the black velvet band[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n     Her eyes they shone like diamonds, I thought her the queen of the land[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     And her hair it hung over her shoulder, tied up with a black velvet band[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow before a judge and a jury, next morning I had to appear[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh the judge he said to me \"Young man, your case is proven clear [/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe'll give you seven years' penal servitude, to be spent far away 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 your friends and relations, betrayed by the black velvet band[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n     Her eyes they shone like diamonds, I thought her the queen of the land[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     And her hair it hung over her shoulder, tied up with a black velvet band[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo come all ye jolly young fellows, and a warning take by me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor when you are out on the town me lads, beware of them pretty colleens[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor they'll feed you with strong ale \"More Yeah\", until you are unable 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, is you've landed in Van Diemen's Land[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n     Her eyes they shone like diamonds, I thought her the queen of the land[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     And her hair it hung over her shoulder, tied up with a black velvet band[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n     Her eyes they shone like diamonds, I thought her the queen of the land[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n     And her hair it hung over her shoulder, tied up with a black velvet band[/tab]","plain_text":"For Nolan's Irish Session Players","chords":["G","D","Em","C","A"],"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]}}}