Black Velvet Band by The Irish Rovers Lyric and Guitar Chords

If you are looking for Black Velvet Band guitar chords, you’ve come to the right place.
You can play Black Velvet Band by The Irish Rovers using guitar or guitar.
This song by The Irish Rovers can also be played by that instruments.
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Black Velvet Band guitar chords has rhythm and included in Other Songs album.
You can also find another musical genres, including jazz guitar chords, country music guitar chords, pop guitar chords, world music guitar chords, and rock guitar chords here.

Black Velvet Band by The Irish Rovers Guitar Chords


3/4 Time Strum: Base Down Down

Chorus:
Her

G
eyes they
G
shone like the
G
diamonds
G

You’d
G
think she was
G
queen of the
D7
land
D7

And her
G
hair hung
G
over her
Em
shoulder
Em

Tied
C
up with a
D7
black velvet
G
band.
G

In a

G
neat little
G
town they call
G
Belfast
G

Ap
G
prenticed to
G
trade I was
D7
bound
D7

And
G
many an
G
hour’s sweet
Em
happiness
Em

I
C
spent in that
D7
neat little
G
town.
G

Till
G
bad mis
G
fortune came
G
o’er me
G

That
G
caused me to
G
stray from the
D7
land
D7

Far a
G
way from me
G
friends and rel
Em
ations
Em

To
C
follow the
D7
black velvet
G
band.
G

Chorus

Well,

G
I was out
G
strolling one
G
evening
G

Not
G
meaning to
G
go very
D7
far
D7

When I
G
met with a
G
pretty young
Em
damsel
Em

Who was
C
selling her
D7
trade in the
G
bar.
G

When a
G
watch, she
G
took from a
G
customer
G

And
G
slipped it right
G
into my
D7
hand
D7

G G Em Em
Then the Watch came and put me in prison
Bad
C
luck to her
D7
black velvet
G
band.
G

Chorus

Next

G
morning be
G
fore judge and
G
jury
G

For a
G
trial I
G
had to ap
D7
pear
D7

And the
G
judge, he
G
said, “You young
Em
fellows…
Em

The
C
case against
D7
you is quite
G
clear
G

And
G
seven long
G
years is your
G
sentence
G

You’re
G
going to
G
Van Dieman’s
D7
Land
D7

Far a
G
way from your
G
friends and rel
Em
ations
Em

To
C
follow the
D7
black velvet
G
band.
G

Chorus

So

G
come all you
G
jolly young
G
fellows
G

I’d
G
have you take
G
warning by
D7
me
D7

When
G
ever you’re
G
out on the
Em
liquor, me
Em
lads,
Be
C
ware of the
D7
pretty Coll
G
een.
G

She’ll
G
fill you with
G
whiskey and
G
porter
G

Un
G
til you’re not
G
able to
D7
stand
D7

And the
G
very next
G
thing that you’ll
Em
know, me
Em
lads,
You’re
C
landed in
D7
Van Dieman’s
G
Land.
G

Chorus

If you want to learn The Irish Rovers Black Velvet Band guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play Black Velvet Band. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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