Band: Dropkick Murphys
Song: Black Velvet Band
Album: Blackout
Tabber: clark@theoddmenout.com
*= 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/GF Em
Far away from my friends and companions
C D G
To follow the black velvet band
Mandolon Lead: (G) (D) (G) (G/F#)(Em)e--10-10--10-7-8-10-8-7------------------10-8-7-7--7-----------------|B------------------------8-8-8-8-7-5-----------------3-5-7--8-10-12--|G------------------------------------7-------------------------------|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
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
Chorus:
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*
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# Em
Far away from my friends and companions
C D G
To follow this black velvet band
Chorus x1
Guitar Lead:e-----------------------------------------------------------------|B-----------------------------------------------------------------|G--7-7--7-4-5-7-5-4---4-2-----------------7-5-4-4--4-------0-2-4--|D-------------------------5-5--5-5-4-2-0-------------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
Chorus x1
G,G/F#,Em,C,D,G
BLACK VELVET BAND!!
That's it! For suggestions, corrections, and requests, email me:
oddmenout4@yahoo.com
