• Song:

    Back Street Affair

  • Artist:

    John Prine

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		    Back Street Affair - John Prine
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Tabbed by: Dave S.
Email: Dlgibson@netscape.com

Tuning: Standard

Artist: John Prine
Album: In Spite Of Ourselves
Year: 1999


Intro:
D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)           DYou (xx0232@1)didn't know I wasn't free
         G (320003@1)               DWhen (xx0232@1)you fell in love with me
                        A (x02220@1)                  DAnd (xx0232@1)with all your young heart you learned to care
               DIt (xx0232@1)brought you shame and disgrace
              G (320003@1)             AThe (x02220@1)world has tumbled in your face
                           A (x02220@1)           DCause (xx0232@1)they call our love a back street affair

     DThey (xx0232@1)say I wrecked your home,
         G (320003@1)                 DYou're (xx0232@1)a husband that's gone wrong
                           A (x02220@1)            DThey (xx0232@1)don't know the sorrow that we had to bear
        DFor (xx0232@1)the one I'm tied to 
        G (320003@1)              Awas (x02220@1)the first to prove untrue
                         A (x02220@1)           DNow (xx0232@1)they call our love a back street affair



Break: D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)      D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)
   DWe (xx0232@1)have each other now,
       G (320003@1)                 DThat's (xx0232@1)all that matters anyhow
                    A (x02220@1)            DFor (xx0232@1)the judgment of gossip's never fair
      D (xx0232@1)
We'll just be brave and strong
         G (320003@1)                     AThen (x02220@1)someday they'll see they're wrong
       D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)           DLet (xx0232@1)em call our love a back street affair


         DWe'll (xx0232@1)be free to love someday
             G (320003@1)            DWhen (xx0232@1)all the talk has died away
                     A (x02220@1)                  Dand (xx0232@1)the happiness we hoped for then we'll share
      DWe'll (xx0232@1)climb a mountain high,
         G (320003@1)                Athen (x02220@1)the world will hear us cry
         D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)           DThat (xx0232@1)our love was not a back street affair
        D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)DNo, (xx0232@1)our love was not a back street affair

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