Girl In The Blue Velvet Band

Mac Wiseman

Written by Mel Foree and Cliff Carlisle

Key of D · Chords: I IV V VII

Verse 1

    D           A7  D
One night while out for a ramble
    G             D
The hour was just about nine
  G                  D
I met a young maiden in Frisco
              A7       D
On the corner of Geary and Pine

Verse 2

                      A7     D
On her face there was beauty of nature
    G                    D
And her eyes just seemed to expand
    G                    D
Her hair was so rich and so brilliant
              A7   D
Entwined in a blue velvet band

Verse 3

                     A7     D
We strolled down the street together
      G                     D
In my pocket she placed her small hand
    G           D
She planted the evidence on me
    G                D
The girl in the blue velvet band

Verse 4

            A7        D
I heard the scream of the siren
    G                    D
And the girl in the blue velvet band
    G                   D
She left me to face all the trouble
                    A7        D
With a diamond that was worth ten grand

Verse 5

                A7          D
They sent me to San Quentin for stealing
    G            D
God knows I’m an innocent man
    G                  D
The guilty one now she lie’s dying
    G                D
The girl in the blue velvet band

Verse 6

           A7            D
Last night when bed-time was ringin
Standing there close to the bars
  G                 D
I fancied I heard a voice calling
               A7    D
Far out in the ocean of stars

Verse 7

                 A7       D
I’ll be out in a year and I’m leaving
    G                      C
But I’ll carry the name of a man
     G                D
That served ten years in prison
                    A7   D
For the girl in the blue velvet band

Verse 8

    A7             D
And when I get out I’ll endeavor
   G            D
To live in some other land
    G                    D
And I’ll bid farewell to old Frisco
    G                    D
And the girl in the blue velvet band