The High Kings – The Black Velvet Band chords

[Intro]
C

[Verse]
     GIn a neat little town they call Belfast
                           DApprenticed to trade I was bound
    G                         EmFor many an hour's sweet happiness
       Am            D           CHave I spent in that neat little town

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      GBut a sad misfortune came over me
                                  DWhich caused me to stray from the land
     G                           EmFar away from my friends and relations
  Am            D            CBetrayed by the black velvet band

[Chorus]
    GHer eyes they shone like diamonds
                               DI thought her the queen of the land
        G                     EmAnd her hair it hung over her shoulder
     Am        D            GTied up with a black velvet band

[Verse]
  GI took a stroll down Broadway
                            DOh, meaning not long for to stay
     G                                      EmWhen who should I meet but this pretty fair maid
       Am         D            CCome a'traipsing along the highway

[Verse]
    GShe was both fair and handsome
                            DHer neck it was just like a swan's
        G                     EmAnd her hair it hung over her shoulder
     Am        D            GTied up with a black velvet band

[Chorus]
    GHer eyes they shone like diamonds
                               DI thought her the queen of the land
        G                     EmAnd her hair it hung over her shoulder
     Am        D            CTied up with a black velvet band

[Instrumental]
C    Em  Am  D

[Verse]
  GI took a stroll with this pretty fair maid
                           DAnd a gentleman passing us by
      G                         EmOh, I knew that she meant the undoing of him
       Am          D             CBy the look in her roguish black eye

[Verse]
  GA gold watch she took from his pocket
                             DAnd slipped it right into my hand
        G                            EmAnd the very first thing that I said was
   Am            D           C"A curse to the black velvet band"

[Chorus]
    GHer eyes they shone like diamonds
                               DI thought her the queen of the land
        G                     EmAnd her hair it hung over her shoulder
     Am        D            GTied up with a black velvet band

[Verse]
GSeven long years penal servitude
                                 DTo be spent down in Van Diemen's Land
     G                           EmFar away from my friends and relations
  Am            D            CBetrayed by the black velvet band

[Chorus]
    AHer eyes they shone like diamonds
                               EI thought her the queen of the land
        A                     F#mAnd her hair it hung over her shoulder
     Bm        E            ATied up with a black velvet band

[Chorus]
    AHer eyes they shone like diamonds
                               EI thought her the queen of the land
        A                     F#mAnd her hair it hung over her shoulder
     Bm        E            ATied up with a black velvet band