Chords for Charles K. Harris - After the Ball

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ Speaking. _ _
Hello, friend.
_ _ [N] _ _
You know, it seems _ only yesterday _ that I wrote that old time
song of mine, both words and music, of After the Ball.
_ _ You know, I have a great fondness
for that old song, _ which I composed way back in _ _ _ 1892.
_ _ _ _ [B]
Would you like to hear it?
_ _ [G] Well,
I'm going to [C] try and sing it for [G] you.
_ _ _ _ Of course, I haven't [E] got a voice _ like Toulouseau's, _ [A]
but
the sentiment _ is still there.
_ [D] _
And I hope that you will enjoy [Bm] it [G] the same as your [E] mother
did _ _ [A] _
years, [F#m] [D] years ago.
_ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ A _ little _ _ _ _ _ _ maiden, _ _ _ like an _ old man, [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ beg _ _ for _ a _ _ story _ to do _ from _ _ country. _ _ _
_ _ _ Why _ _ are you _ single? _ _ _
_ _ [A] Why _ _ live _ [Dm] _ alone? _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ Have [B] you _ [C] no baby?
_ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ Have [G] _ you [C] no home? _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ After _ the [C]
ball _ is _ _ over, _ _ _ _ after the
break [A] of _ [D] _ morning, _ _ _ [Am] after _ [Em] the _ [A] dancers [E] _ _ _ _ [Am]
leave, _ _ [D] _ after the stars _ [G] are gone, _ _ _ _ _ many _ a [C] heart _ [G] is
_ _ aching.
_ _ _ [E] If you could read [A] them all, _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] many the [G] hopes that have been, that have been, that
_ [E] have been, _ _ vanished [A] _ _
up _ [D] _ _ [D] to _ [G]
the pool. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] I thank you with the bottom of my heart.
_ Well, there
you are, Fido. _ _ _ _
Now you lead us on, and we're all going to join in with you on the chorus.
_ _ _ _ Okay, Johnny.
_ _ _ _ Now everybody please join in with us _ to the old song, After the Ball. _ _ _ _