D                 A7        D
One evening 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 Cherry and Pine


[Verse 2]
                      A7        D
On her face there was beauty of nature
    G                D
And her eyes seem to expand
    G                   D
Her hair so rich and so brilliant
                  A7          D
Was 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
               A7            D
A diamond that was worth ten grand

[Bridge]


[Verse 4]

                 A7            D
Well I heard the scream of the sirens
     G                          D
And the girl in the blue velvet band
     G                      D
She left me to face all the troubles
                    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
But the guilty one now she lies dying
               A7          D
My girl in the blue velvet band


[Verse 6]

              A7         D
At night when bedtime is ringing
  G                             D
i stand looking out through the bars
  G                      D
i fancy I hear her voice calling
                A7       D
Far out on that ocean of stars


[Verse 7]

                 A7           D
i’ll be out in a week and I’m leaving
    G                         C
But I’ll carry that name of a man
    G                  D
Who spent ten years in prison
                    A7          D
For the girl in the blue velvet band


[Verse 8]

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