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- AFTER THE BALL
- Words and Music
by Charles. K. Harris - 1892
- “After the
Ball” sold over five million copies of sheet music, making
it the biggest hit in Tin Pan Alley’s long history.
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F7 |
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Bb |
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D7 |
Gm |
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| Eb |
Edim7 |
Bb |
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| C7 |
F7 |
Bb |
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| Gm |
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D7 |
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| Eb |
F7 |
Bb |
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| Eb |
Edim7 |
Bb |
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| C7 |
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F7 |
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D7 |
Gm |
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| Eb |
Edim7 |
Bb |
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| C7 |
F7 |
Bb |
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| Chorus:---------- |
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| Bb |
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F7 |
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Fdim7 |
F7 |
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Bb |
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| G7 |
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C |
C7 |
| F7 |
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Bb |
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| C7 |
F7 |
Bb |
(Repeat Chorus) |
- 6-beat intro. Play 3-beats
for each cell, reading from left to right.
- _______
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- Verse:
- A lit -tle maid -en
Climbed an old man's knee.
Begged for a sto -ry "
- Do Un -cle please."
Why are you sin -gle;
- Why live a -lone?
Have you no ba -bies;
- Have you no home?
"I had a sweet -heart,
- Years, years a -go;
Where she is now pet,
- You will soon know.
List to the sto -ry,
- I'll tell it all,
I be -lieved her faith -less
- Af -ter the ball.
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- Chorus:
- Af -ter the ball is o -ver,
Af -ter the break of morn
Af -ter the dan -cer's leav -ing;
Af -ter the stars are gone;
Ma -ny a heart is ach -ing,
If you could read them all;
Ma -ny the hopes that have van -ished
Af -ter the ball.
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
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