Traditional & Folk Songs with Chords
After The Ball Is Over
After The Ball Is Over - Lyrics & Chords
Charles K. Harris
| G |
D7 |
| A little maiden climbed on an old man's |
knee, |
|
G |
| Begged for a story, "Do, uncle, |
please, |
|
E7 |
Am |
| Why are you single, |
why live |
alone ? |
| C |
G |
E7 |
A7 |
D7 |
C |
| Have you no |
ba |
bies, |
have |
you no |
home?" |
|
Em |
B7 |
C |
D7 |
C |
G |
| " |
I had a |
sweetheart, |
years, |
years |
ago; |
|
| C |
G |
Em |
A7 |
C |
| Where she is |
now, |
pet, |
you soon will |
know, |
| G |
E7 |
Am |
| List to the story, |
I'll tell it |
all, |
| C |
G |
E7 |
A7D7 |
G |
| I believed her |
faith |
less— |
after the |
ball." |
Chorus:
|
C |
G |
D7 |
| After the |
ball is |
over, after the break of |
morn, |
| Am |
E7 |
Am |
D7 |
G |
| After the |
dancers lea |
ving, |
after the stars are |
gone, |
|
C |
G |
E7 |
A7 |
| Many a |
heart is |
aching, |
if you could read them |
all, |
| D7 |
G |
E7 |
A7D7 |
G |
| Many the hopes that have |
vani |
shed, |
after the |
ball. |
Bright lights were flashing in the grand ballroom,
Softly the music, playing sweet tunes,
There came my sweetheart, my love, my own,
I wish some water, leave me alone!
When I returned, dear, there stood a man,
Kissing my sweetheart as lovers can,
Down fell the glass, pet, broken, that's all,
Just as my heart was, after the ball.
Long years have passed, child, I've never wed,
True to my last love, though she is dead,
She tried to tell me, tried to explain,
I would not listen, pleadings were vain.
One day a letter came from that man,
He was her brother, the letter ran,
That's why I'm lonely, no home at all,
I broke her heart, pet, after the ball.
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