Back Street chords by R. Dean Taylor

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Intro 1

Verse 1
B 
 (B major) Aww,
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) we were so much in love
She was all I thought of
But she met someone
who said, 'I love you, hon'
E 
It was  (E major) too late

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Verse 2

He left her the cradle

The shame and the blame

A child with no name

No name!

Verse 3
D 
In the spring we were gonna  (D major) be
married (gonna be married!)
A 
D 
G 
 (A major) She was my world everything in  (D major) my life  (G major) 
D 
But she ran and hid  (D major) from the
A 
wrong that she'd done  (A major) 
B 
In a dark  (B major) back street slum

Verse 4

Back street!

Verse 5

Her own folks disowned her

Back street!

Verse 6

Her friends all scorned her

Back street! Back street girl!

Lying scared and alone

Verse 7

Back street!

Verse 8
she met all the wrong kind
D 
 (D major) Back street!
A 
the ghetto's poisoned her young  (A major) 
E 
mind.  (E major) 
A 
E 
B 
F#m 
 (A major)  (E major)  (B major)  (F sharp minor) 

Verse 9
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) Eighteen years old
And the room gotten cold
She sings lullabies
As a small baby cries
E 
Scorned  (E major) and alone

Verse 10

She missed her friends

and her mom and her dad

The good home she had

(The good home she had!)

Verse 11
D 
She had to fight  (D major) to survive
A 
(fight to sur (A major) vive!)
D 
Give up her pride to keep her baby  (D major) alive
G 
D 
 (G major) So she sold her love  (D major) to
A 
those who would call  (A major) 
B 
Up the stairs  (B major) down the hall

Verse 12

Back street!

She felt the good in her dying

Verse 13

Back street!

Verse 14

She grew bitter from crying

Back street! Back street girl!

Lying scared and alone

Verse 15

Back street!

Ya, 'n what it did to her (?)

Verse 16

Back street! She lived

like a rat in a sew

Verse 17
B 
G 
 (B major)  (G major) 
F#m 
 (F sharp minor) A knock in the night
no one in sight
There at my feet
in the snow cold and deep cried
E 
Her  (E major) small baby son

Verse 18

tear stained the note

that she left on my door

'Love, please make him yours.'

somewhere she walks

Verse 19
the night
A 
D 
 (A major) wrapped in dreams now nev (D major) er to be
G 
D 
 (G major) yesterday we  (D major) held the
A 
world in our hands  (A major) 
B 
world apart  (B major) now we stand

Verse 20

Back street!

Verse 21

it was dawn when they found her

Back street!

Verse 22

I place some flowers around her

Back street! Back street girl!

I never felt so alone

Verse 23

Back street!

Verse 24
As I stand here above her
D 
 (D major) Back street!
A 
I know deep inside I still  (A major) love
E 
her  (E major) 
Em 
A 
E 
B 
A 
 (E minor)  (A major)  (E major)  (B major)  (A major) 

Verse 25
E 
Em 
A 
Oh I  (E major) think  (E minor) of those good  (A major) times
(Back street livin aint easy!)
Em 
A 
When  (E minor) we  laughed in the sun (A major) shine
(Back street livin aint easy!)
E 
Em 
A 
All  (E major) those plans  (E minor) that we made  (A major) then
E 
(Back street livin  (E major) aint easy!)
Em 
G 
A 
 (E minor) Life was so  (G major) good then...  (A major) (Back street
livin aint easy!)