The Dubliners - Black velvet band

In ^Ga neat little town they call Belfast, apprenticed to ^Ctrade I wa^Ds bound, ^GMany an hour sweet happiness Have I^Am spent in tha^Dt neat li^Gttle town. ^G'Till a sad misfortune came o'er me, and caused me to ^Cstray from th^De land. Far^G away from my friends and relations, B^Ametrayed by t^Dhe black v^Gelvet band.

H^Ger eyes they shone like diamonds, I thought her the^C queen of ^Dthe land, And her ^Ghair hung over her shoulder, Tie^Amd up with ^Da black v^Gelvet band.

I^G took a stroll down Broadway, meaning no^Ct long for^D to stay, Whe^Gn who should I meet but this pretty fair maid, Come ^Amatraipsin^Dg along the^G highway. ^GShe was both fair and handsome, her neck it wa^Cs just lik^De a swan's. And he^Gr hair hung over her shoulder, Tie^Amd up with th^De black v^Gelvet band.

H^Ger eyes they shone like diamonds, I thought her the^C queen of ^Dthe land, And her ^Ghair hung over her shoulder, Tie^Amd up with ^Da black v^Gelvet band.

I^G took a stroll with this pretty fair maid, and a gentlema^Cn passing^D us by. Well, I^G knew she meant the doing of him, By th^Ame look in ^Dher roguish ^Gblack eye. ^GA gold watch she took from his pocket, And placed i^Ct right into^D my hand, And th^Ge very first thing that I said was: Bad^Am ‘cess to ^Dthe black v^Gelvet band".

H^Ger eyes they shone like diamonds, I thought her the^C queen of ^Dthe land, And her ^Ghair hung over her shoulder, Tie^Amd up with ^Da black v^Gelvet band.

B^Gefore the judge and the jury next morning ^CI had t^Do appear. Th^Ge judge he says to me, "Young fellow, Th^Ame case agai^Dnst you is ^Gquite clear. ^GSeven long years is your sentence, to be spent far ^Caway from t^Dhis land, Far ^Gaway from your friends and relations, ^Ambetrayed by ^Dthe black v^Gelvet band.

H^Ger eyes they shone like diamonds, I thought her the^C queen of ^Dthe land, And her ^Ghair hung over her shoulder, Tie^Amd up with ^Da black v^Gelvet band.