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:
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