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After The Ball

Words and Music by Charles K Harris - 1892

Verse:
Bb	-	-	-	-	-	F7	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	Bb	-
-	-	-	-	-	D7	Gm	-
Eb	Edim7	Bb	-	C7	F7	Bb	-
Gm	-	D7	-	Eb	F7	Bb	-
Eb	Edim7	Bb	-	C7	-	F7	-
Bb	-	-	-	-	D7	Gm	-
Eb	Edim7	Bb	-	C7	F7	Bb	-
Chorus:
Bb	-	-	-	-	-	F7	-
-	-	Fdim	F7	-	-	Bb	-
-	-	-	-	G7	-	C	C7
F7	-	Bb	-	C7	F7	Bb	(repeat chorus)

6-beat intro.  Play 3-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.  

This song is in 3/4 waltz time.

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Verse:

A little maiden climbed an old man's knee.
Begged for a story "Do Uncle please."
Why are you single;  Why live alone?
Have you no babies;  Have you no home?
I had a sweetheart,  Years, years ago;
Where she is now pet,  You will soon know.
List to the story,  I'll tell it all,
I believed her faithless,  After the ball.

 

Chorus:

After the ball is over,  After the break of morn,
After the dancer's leaving;  After the stars are gone;
Many a heart is aching,  If you could read them all;
Many the hopes that have vanished,  After the ball.

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Performer Links:

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Listen to the Banjo Kings perform "After The Ball" in 4/4 time (youtube)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

This Chord Chart may not appear correctly with some browsers.  It should be viewed with a full size window.

The chord names should appear in single rows.  Let me know of any problems.

 

email: jbott@ix.netcom.com