Chords
Black Velvet Band

Key: C

Introduction:

difficulty
very easy |||||
           G 
In a neat little town they call Prockton
                                                       D 
Apprenticed in trade I was bound
         G             G/F#                   Em 
And many an hour of sweet happiness
     C                         D                     G 
I spent in that neat little town
           G 
Then bad misfortune befell me
                                                                 D 
And caused me to stray from the land
         G                         F                     Em 
Far away from my friends and companions
       C                   D                       G 
To follow the black velvet band
(Mandolon Lead)
 G             G/F#             Em 
I met a frolicsome damsel
       C               D                 G 
As she came tripping along
    G *
               G                   G/F#                 Em 
On the very first night that I met her
         C                     D                       G 
Bad luck to the black velvet band
(refrão)
         G 
Her eyes   they shone like the diamond
                                                                   D 
You'd think she was queen of the land
                 G                 G/F#         Em 
And her hair hung over her shoulder
           C             D                       G 
Tied up in a black velvet band
(verse 3)
     G                 G/F#               Em 
A gentleman claimed his jewelry
                 C                       D           G 
And the case against us was clear
        G *
         G                       G/F#                   Em 
Far away from my friends and companions
       C                     D                       G 
To follow this black velvet band
(refrão)
       G 
So come all you jolly young fellows
                                                             D 
I'll have you take warning by me
         G                     G/F#             Em 
Whenever you're out on the liquor
     C                     D               G 
Beware of the pretty Colleen
               G 
She'll fill you with whiskey and porter
                                                   D 
Until you're not able to stand
                 G                 G/F#               Em 
And the very next thing you'd know
               C                 D                       G 
You've landed in Van Dieman's Land
(refrão)