Black Velvet Band

*= mute chord

(verse 1) (just pick these chords  
folk style)
     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            G G F   
Far away from my friends and 
        Em
companions
   C          D            G
To follow the black velvet band

(Mandolon Lead)
       (G)                          
E|--10-10--10-7-8-10-8-7----------
B|------------------------8-8-8-8-
G|--------------------------------
D|--------------------------------
A|--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------
     (D)       (G)   ( G/F# )  (Em)
E|--------10-8-7-7--7-------------
B|7-5-----------------3-5-7--8-10-
G|----7---------------------------
D|--------------------------------
A|--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------

E|----| 
B|12--| 
G|----| 
D|----| 
A|----| 
E|----| 


      (C)    (D)   (G)
E|--5-7-7-----------| 
B|---------3-5-7-8--| 
G|------------------| 
D|------------------| 
A|------------------| 
E|------------------| 

(verse 2)
   G*
As I as out strolling one evening
                           D*
Not intending to stay very long
G       G/F#       Em
I met a frolicsome damsel
   C        D         G
As she came tripping along
Continúa después del anuncio
  G*
A watch she pulled out her pocket
                             D*
And slipped it right into my hand
       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
You'd think she was queen of the 
D
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*
Before judge and jury next morning
                 D*
Both of us did appear
  G         G/F#        Em
A gentleman claimed his jewelry
        C            D      G
And the case against us was clear
    G*
Now seven long years transportation
                           D*
Right down to Van Dieman's land
    G            G/F#      
Far away from my friends and 
    Em
companions
   C           D            G
To follow this black velvet band

(refrão)

(guitar Lead)
E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|--7-7--7-4-5-7-5-4---4-2--------
D|-------------------------5-5--5-
A|--------------------------------
E|--------------------------------

E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------7-5-4-4--4-------0-2-4--|
D|5-4-2-0-------------0-2-4--------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|

E|--------------------| 
B|--------------------| 
G|--2-4-4--4----------| 
D|-----------0-2-4-5--| 
A|--------------------| 
E|--------------------| 

(verse 4) (use distorted open 
chords)
   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)

( G G/F# Em C D G )