Chords:
{title:After The Ball}
{artist:Foster And Allen}
{key:G}
cover:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLehM6ZlJq4 Sorry - not Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKYToCXk4sQ 1:47:45 in (inc Australia)
{sos}
[D7] Many the hopes that have [G] vanished
[A7] After [D7] the [G] ball.
{eos}
[G] A little maiden climbed an old man's [D7] knee
[Am] Begged for a [D7] story - "Do, uncle, [G] please!"
Why are you single; [E7] why live [Am] alone?
[C] Have you no [G] ba-[E7]bies; [A7] have [D7] you no [G] home?"
"[Em] I had a sweet-[C]heart, years, [D7] years a-[G]go,
[C] Where [Cm] she is [G] now, [Em] pet, [A7] you will soon [D] know.
[G] Listen to the story, [E7] I'll tell it [Am] all,
[C] I found her [G] faith-[E7]less, [A7] af-[D7]ter the [G] ball."
{c: }
After the [C] ball is [G] over,
After the [Am] break of [D7] morn
[Am] After the dancers' [E7] leaving;
[D7] After the stars are [G] gone;
[G] Many a [C] heart is [G] aching,
[E7] If you could read them [A7] all;
[D7] Many the hopes that have [G] vanished
[A7] Af-[D7]ter the [G] ball.
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[G] "Bright lights were flashing in the grand ball-[D7]room,
[Am] Softly the [D7] music, playing sweet [G] tunes.
There came my sweetheart, [E7] my love, my [A] own -
'[C] I [Cm] wish some [G] wa-[Em]ter; [A7] leave [D7] me a-[G]lone.'
[Em] When I returned, [C] dear, there [E7] stood a [G] man,
[C] Kiss-[Cm]ing my [G] sweet-[Em]heart, [A7] as [D7] lovers [G] can.
[G] Down fell the glass, pet, [E7] broken, that's [Am] all.
[C] Just as my [G] heart [E7] was, [A7] af-[D7]ter the [G] ball."
After the ball is over . . . .
{c: }
After the [C] ball is [G] over,
After the [Am] break of [D7] morn -
[Am] After the dancers' [E7] leaving;
[D7] After the stars are [G] gone;
[G] Many a [C] heart is [G] aching,
[E7] If you could read them [A7] all;
[D7] Many the hopes that have [G] vanished
[A7] Af-[D7]ter the [G] ball.
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[G] "Long years have passed child, I've never [D7] wed
[Am] True to my [D7] lost love, though she is [G] dead.
She tried to tell me, [E7] tried to ex-[Am]plain;
[C] I [Cm] would not [G] lis-[Em]ten, [A7] plea-[D7]dings were [G] vain.
[Em] One day a le-[C]tter came [D] from that [G] man,
[C] He [Cm] was [D7] her [G] bro-[Em]ther - [A7] the letter [D] ran.
[G] That's why I'm lonely, all [E7] home a-[Am]lone;
[C] I [Cm] broke her [D7] heart, [E7] dear, [A7] af-[D7]ter the [G] ball."
{c: }
After the [C] ball is [G] over,
After the [Am] break of [D7] morn
[Am] After the dancers' [E7] leaving;
[D7] After the stars are [G] gone;
[G] Many a [C] heart is [G] aching,
[E7] If you could read them [A7] all;
[D7] Many the hopes that have [G] vanished
[A7] Af-[D7]ter the [G] ball.
[D7] Many the hopes that have [G] vanished
[A7] Af-[D7]ter the [G] ball.
