---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back Street Affair - John Prine ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Dave S. Email: Dlgibson@netscape.com Tuning: Standard Artist: John Prine Album: In Spite Of Ourselves Year: 1999 Intro: DAD D You didn't know I wasn't free G D When you fell in love with me A D And with all your young heart you learned to care D It brought you shame and disgrace G A The world has tumbled in your face A D Cause they call our love a back street affair D They say I wrecked your home, G D You're a husband that's gone wrong A D They don't know the sorrow that we had to bear D For the one I'm tied to G A was the first to prove untrue A D Now they call our love a back street affair Break: D G D A D DGDAD D We have each other now, G D That's all that matters anyhow A D For the judgment of gossip's never fair D We'll just be brave and strong G A Then someday they'll see they're wrong D A D Let em call our love a back street affair D We'll be free to love someday G D When all the talk has died away A D and the happiness we hoped for then we'll share D We'll climb a mountain high, G A then the world will hear us cry D A D That our love was not a back street affair D A D D No, our love was not a back street affair