{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2381601,"song":"After The Ball","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11492187-after-the-ball-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2381601?type=chord","rating":4.10257,"votes":5,"content":"[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAfter the ball is over, after the break of dawn,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAfter the dancers' leaving, after the stars are gone;[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMany a heart is aching, if you could read them all;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMany the hopes that have vanished after the ball.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nA little maiden climbed an old man's knee,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBegged for a story, \"Do Uncle, please.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhy are you single; why live alone?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHave you no babies; have you no home?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"I had a sweetheart years, years ago;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere she is now, pet, you will soon know.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nList to the story, I'll tell it all,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI believed her faithless after the ball.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAfter the ball is over, after the break of dawn,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAfter the dancers' leaving, after the stars are gone;[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMany a heart is aching, if you could read them all;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMany the hopes that have vanished after the ball.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nBright lights were flashing in the grand ballroom,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSoftly the music, playing sweet tunes.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere came my sweetheart, my love, my own;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"I wish some water, leave me alone.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I returned, dear, there stood a man,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nKissing my sweetheart, as lovers can;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDown fell the glass, pet, broken, that's all;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust as my heart was after the ball[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAfter the ball is over, after the break of dawn,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAfter the dancers' leaving, after the stars are gone;[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMany a heart is aching, if you could read them all;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMany the hopes that have vanished after the ball.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nLong years have passed, child, I've never wed;[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTrue to my lost love, though she is dead.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe tried to tell me, tried to explain;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI would not listen, pleadings were vain.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne day a letter came from that man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was her brother, the letter ran.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThat's why I'm lonely, no home at all;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI broke her heart, pet, after the ball[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAfter the ball is over, after the break of dawn,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAfter the dancers' leaving, after the stars are gone;[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMany a heart is aching, if you could read them all;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMany the hopes that have vanished after the ball.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","C","D","E","A","D7","Dm","Em","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}