After The Ball
- Music
- Charles K. Harris
- Lyrics
- Charles K. Harris
"After the Ball" is an 1891 waltz song by Charles K. Harris, the biggest-selling sheet music hit of the 1890s. This page has the After the Ball chords and a backing track you can slow down, speed up and transpose.
Who wrote "After the Ball"
Charles K. Harris wrote the music and the words, an old man's story of a love lost through a misunderstanding at a ball. Harris published it himself; it sold millions of copies of sheet music and helped establish Tin Pan Alley. Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II used it in Show Boat (1927).
After The Ball chords:
A
Ab
Eb7
Eb7
Ab
B
Ab
C7
Fm
Db
Ddim7
Ab
F7
Bb7
Eb7
Ab
Fm
C7
Db
Eb7
Ab
C
Db
Ddim
Ab
Bb7
Eb7
Ab
Ab
Ab
C7
Fm
Db
Ddim
Ab
F7
Bb7
Eb7
Ab
D
Ab
Eb7
Eb7
Ebdim7
Eb7
Ab
E
Ab
F7
Bb7
Eb7
Ab
Bb7
Eb7
Ab
Outro A
Ab
Key: Ab major ยท Tempo: 100 bpm
Play the chord progression and change the key, style and tempo:
Play "After The Ball" in the online player