[Intro]
(Acapella)
(G) (D)
Velvet Red,
(G) (D)
Velvet Red,
(A)
He'd come callin'
(G)
Velvet Red
Mandolin:
D Bm D
[Verse]
G D D
There was a narrow road to that old foot path
A G D D
Where the briar tangles into the musky dawn
D D G D
That old a-bandoned cabin
A G D
Was the perfect place for forbidden love to hide
D G D
She was the mayor's eldest daughter
A G
She had a taste for the fruit of the vine
D Bm
He was a poor boy down in that holler
G D A D
And made his livin-in on his homemade wine
[Chorus]
G D
Velvet Red,
G D
Velvet Red
A
He'd come callin'
G
Velvet Red
G D
Velvet Red,
G D
Velvet Red
A
She'd come running
G
Velvet Red
[Verse]
G D
Don't you know their love grew
G D
Like the wild flowers do
A
She'd start to miss him
G
With an awful thirst
D
When that sun went down
Bm G
She'd go sneaking out
D A D
He'd be waitin-in calling out to her
[Chorus]
G D
Velvet Red,
G D
Velvet Red
A
Making love on
G
Velvet Red
G D
Velvet Red,
G D
Velvet Red
A
They were drunk on
G
Velvet Red
[Verse]
G D
There was a child born
G D
Twenty years ago
A G
To a mother who never wed
D Bm
And though she gave no name for the father
G D A G
She called her daughter Little Velvet Red
[Chorus]
G D
Velvet Red,
G D
Velvet Red
A
Momma calls me
G
Velvet Red
G D
Velvet Red,
G D
Velvet Red
A
My momma calls me
G D
Velvet Re-ed
