Black Velvet Band

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In a [D] neat little town they call Belfast 
Apprenticed to trade I was [A] bound    
And [D] many an hour of sweet [Bm] happiness 
I [G] spent in that [A] neat little [D] town 
Till [D] bad misfortune came over me 
And caused me to stray from the [A] land 
Far a-[D]way from me friends and re-[Bm]lations 
Me [G] followed the [A] Black Velvet [D] Band [D] 

CHORUS:   (REPEAT AFTER EVERY VERSE)

Her [D] eyes they shown like the diamonds 
You'd think she was queen of the [A] land 
And her [D] hair hung over her [Bm] shoulder 
Tied [G] up with a [A] Black Velvet [D] Band [D]

Well [D] I went out strolling one evening 
Not meaning to go very [A] far 
When I [D] met with a fickle-some [Bm] damsel 
She was [G] plying her [A] trade in a [D] bar 
When a [D] watch she took from a customer 
And slipped it right into me [A] hand 
And the [D] law it came and ar-[Bm]rested me 
Bad [G] luck to your [A] Black Velvet [D] Band [D]

This [D] mornin' before judge and jury 
A trial I had to ap-[A]pear 
And the [D] judge he says "me young [Bm] fellow" 
The [G] case against [A] you is quite [D] clear 
And [D] seven long years is your sentence 
You're going to Van Daemons [A] Land 
Far a-[D]way from me friends and re-[Bm]lations 
And [G] follow the [A] Black Velvet [D] Band [D]

So [D] come all ye jolly young fellows 
I'll have you take warnin' from [A] me 
When-[D]ever you're into the [Bm] liquor me lads 
Be-[G]ware of them [A] pretty col-[D]leens 
For they'll [D] fill you with whiskey and porter 
Till you are not able to [A] stand 
And the [D] very next thing that you [Bm] know me lads 
You've [G] landed in [A] Van Daemon's [D] Land [D]