Tonart: Eb major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
F#m
we were so much in love
She was all I thought of
But she met someone
who said, 'I love you, hon'
Verse 2
The shame and the blame
Verse 3
D
In the spring we were gonna be
married (gonna be married!)
A
D
G
She was my world everything in my life
D
But she ran and hid from the
B
In a dark back street slum
Verse 4
Verse 5
Her own folks disowned her
Verse 6
Her friends all scorned her
A
G
Back street! Back street girl!
Verse 7
Verse 8
she met all the wrong kind
A
the ghetto's poisoned her young
E
mind.
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E
B
F#m
Verse 9
F#m
Eighteen years old
And the room gotten cold
She sings lullabies
As a small baby cries
Verse 10
and her mom and her dad
G
(The good home she had!)
Verse 11
D
She had to fight to survive
D
Give up her pride to keep her baby alive
G
D
So she sold her love to
B
Up the stairs down the hall
Verse 12
She felt the good in her dying
Verse 13
Verse 14
She grew bitter from crying
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G
Back street! Back street girl!
Verse 15
D
Ya, 'n what it did to her (?)
Verse 16
like a rat in a sew
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er
B
A
E
Verse 17
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G
F#m
A knock in the night
no one in sight
There at my feet
in the snow cold and deep cried
Verse 18
that she left on my door
A
G
'Love, please make him yours.'
Verse 19
the night
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wrapped in dreams now never to be
G
D
yesterday we held the
B
world apart now we stand
Verse 20
Verse 21
it was dawn when they found her
Verse 22
I place some flowers around her
A
G
Back street! Back street girl!
Verse 23
Verse 24
As I stand here above her
A
I know deep inside I still love
E
her
Em
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E
B
A
Verse 25
E
Em
A
Oh I think of those good times
(Back street livin aint easy!)
Em
A
When we laughed in the sunshine
(Back street livin aint easy!)
E
Em
A
All those plans that we made then
E
(Back street livin aint easy!)
Em
G
A
Life was so good then... (Back street
livin aint easy!)
Verse 26
She will forever be deep in the
Verse 27
heart and the soul of me
If I'd only forgave her
Verse 28
Verse 29
My love could have saved her
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G
Back street! Back street girl!
D
Em
She was scared and alone
Verse 30
Em
D
So hard living on the backstreet!
A
Back street livin aint easy!
D
h!
Verse 31
Em
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(background singers
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D
denoted by!)
Outro 1
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