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After The Ball

harmonica tab for C diatonic harmonica

BeginnerNo bends125 notesHoles 5–10Diatonic
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4 = blow hole 4-4 = draw hole 4’ = bend
A little maiden climbed an old man's knee;
Begged for a story, "Do, Uncle, please.
Why are you single, why live alone--
Have you no babies, have you no home?"
"I had a sweetheart years, years ago.
Where she is now, pet, you will soon know.
List to the story I'll tell it all.
I believed her faithless, after the ball."Chorus
After the ball is over, after the break of morn.
After the dancers leaving; after the stars are gone,
Many a heart is aching, if you could read them all.
Many the hopes that have vanished, after the ball