Back Street Affair Chords by Carl Smith

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_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] You [E] _ _
_ didn't know I wasn't [Bm] free [E] when you fell [A] in love with [B] me.
[E] And with all your [B] young heart you [E] learned to care. _ _ _
_ It brought you shame and disgrace.
[Bm] _ [A] The world is tumbling [B] in your face.
[E] Because they call our [B] love a back street [E] affair. _ _ _ _
_ They say you wrecked my home.
[A] I'm a husband that's [E] gone wrong.
But they don't know [B] the sorrow we've had [E] to bear. _ _ _
_ For the one that I hid _
[Db] was the first [A] to [B] be untrue.
_ [E] Yet they call our [B] love a back street [E] affair. _ _ _ _
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[Ab] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
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_ We have each other now.
[Gb] That's [A] all that matters _ [E] anyhow.
_ For the _ judgment [Abm] of [B] gossip's never [E] fair.
_ We'll _
_ [Eb] _ just [Abm] be brave and strong.
[Ab] _ [A] Then someday they'll see [B] they're wrong.
So [E] let them call our love [B] a back street [E] affair. _ _ _ _
We'll be free of love someday. _
When [A] all the talk has [E] died away.
_ And the happiness [Abm] we hoped for then [E] will shine. _ _ _ _
And I'll climb a mountain high.
[Gb] _ [A] And the world will hear [B] me cry.
[E] That our love is like [B] a back