Chords for Luke Kelly - Black Velvet Band lyrics

We're going to continue [G] with a song.
It's called the Black Velvet Band.
It's got a chorus, which you probably know.
_ So, _ here's it.
Well in a neat little town they called Belfast
A friend [C] is to trade [G] of his love
_ Many an hour's sweet happiness
[D] Have I spent in [G] that neat little town
A sad misfortune [C] came [G] over me
Which caused me [C] to stray [D] from the land
[G] Far away from my friends and _ [D] relations
Betrayed by the [G] Black Velvet Band
Let's hear you sing now
Her eyes they shone like diamonds
I thought [Am] her the queen [D] of the land
And [G] her hairy tongue over her shoulder
Tied up with a Black Velvet Band
I took a stroll down Broadway _
[C] Meaning not long [D] for to stay
[G] When who should [D] I meet [G] but this pretty fair maid
Commotrating along the highway
She was both fair and handsome
Her neck it [C] was just [D] like a swan
[G] And her hairy [D] tongue [G] over her shoulder
Tied up with a Black Velvet Band
Raise the roof now
Her eyes they shone like diamonds
I thought [C] her the [D] queen of the land
[G] And her hairy [D] tongue [Bm] over her [G] shoulder
Tied up with a Black Velvet Band
_ I took a stroll with [C] this [G] pretty fair maid
And a gentleman [Em] passing [D] us by
What [G] I knew she meant the doing of him
By the look in her roguish black eye
A gold watch he took from his pocket
And placed it [C] right [D] into my [G] hand
And the very next thing that I knew was
I'd [D] landed in Van [G] Diemen's land
Her eyes they shone like diamonds
I thought her [C] the queen [D] of the land
[G] And her hairy [D] tongue [G] over her shoulder
Tied up with a Black Velvet Band
Before the judge and the jury
Next [C] morning I [D] had to appear
[G] The judge she says to me
Young man, your case it is bold and clear
We'll give you seven years [C] penal [G] servitude
To be spent [C] far [G] away from the land
Far away from your friends and companions
Betrayed by the Black Velvet Band
Her eyes they shone like diamonds
I thought her [C] the [D] queen of the land
And [G] her hairy tongue over her shoulder
Tied up with a Black Velvet Band
So come all you jolly young fellows
A [C] warning [D] take for me
[G] When you are out on the town with boys
[D] Beware of the [G] pretty colleagues
For they'll beat you [C] with strong teeth
Morn [G] ya, till you [C] are [D] unable to stand
[G] And the very next thing that you'll know is
You've [D] landed in Van [G] Diemen's land
Last time now
Her eyes they shone like diamonds
Let's hear ya!
I thought her the queen of [D] the land
[G] And her hairy tongue over her shoulder
Tied up with a Black Velvet Band _
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