Ashley McBryde - Velvet Red: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Velvet Red" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

 G           D                            D
There was a narrow road to that old foot path
                 A                G     D
Where the briar tangles into the musky dawn
 D         G        D
That old abandoned 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

Don't you know their love grew like
the wild flowers do?
She'd start to miss him with an awful thirst
And when that sun went down, she'd go sneakin' out
And he'd be waitin', callin' out to her

Chorus:
Velvet red, velvet red
Makin' love on velvet red
Velvet red, velvet red
They were drunk on velvet red

There was a child born twenty years ago
To a mother who never wed
And though she gave no name for the father
She called her daughter Little Velvet Red

Chorus:
Velvet Red, Velvet Red
Mama calls me Velvet Red
Velvet Red (Velvet Red), Velvet Red (Velvet Red)
My mama calls me Velvet Red


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

D

Guitar chord D

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Velvet Red" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Velvet Red" by Ashley McBryde.