After the Lovin – On the Rocks

Key of ? :: by Adams and Bernstein

After the Lovin’ is a single sung by Engelbert Humperdinck, and produced by Joel Diamond for Silver Blue Productions. It was composed by Ritchie Adams with lyrics by Alan Bernstein. The single was a U.S. top-ten hit in late 1976 through early 1977, reaching number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and number five on the Cash Box Top 100. It is ranked as the 61st biggest U.S. hit of 1977. The song also reached number 40 on the country singles chart (which, despite spending much of his early career recording country songs, was his first appearance in the country top 40 charts) and spent two weeks atop the easy listening chart.

{C} So I sing you to sleep after the loving, with a {Dm} song that I wrote yesterday; and I {G7} hope that it’s clear what the {G7} words and the music have to { C Dm G }say

It’s so {C} hard to explain all the things that I’m feeling. Face to {Dm} face I just seem to go dry. But I {G7} love you so much that the sound of your voice can make me {C} high. {C7}

{F} Thanks for taking {Em} me, {Dm} on a one way {G} trip to the {C} sun {Am} Thanks for turning {Am} me into {G7} someone

So I {C} sing you to sleep after the loving, and I {Dm} brush back the hair from your eyes; and the {G7} love on your face is so real that it makes me want to cry. . .
And I know that my song isn’t {E7} saying anything {Am} new. Oh, but {G} after the {Dm} loving, {G} I’m still in {Dm} love with {C} you {C7}