Banjo tuned E, Capo 3, Key of F

Yes, I thought that you were true
When I fell in love with you
For you told me you always would play square
Then I learned you had a home
That your wife had not gone wrong
And our love was just a backstreet affair

Was too late to say no
When I found you’d fooled me so
For as time passed on I’d learned too much to care
Though I knew I must atone
But my will was not my own
I’m paying for that backstreet affair

You didn’t count the cost
You gambled and I lost
Now I must pay with hours of deep despair
You still can live your life
With a true, forgiving wife
But I can’t live down our backstreet affair

The love I gave so free
Is left to torture me
Though I know it’s hopeless and it isn’t fair
But, still I must go on
While the gossips spread are wrong
I’m paying for that backstreet affair

Can’t hold you close when you’re not with me
You’re somebody’s love, you’ll never be mine
Making believe, I’ll spend my lifetime
Loving you, making believe.

Making believe that I never lost you
But my happy hours, I find are so few
My plans for the future will never come true
Making believe, what else can I do.

Can’t hold you close when you’re not with me
You’re somebody’s love, you’ll never be mine
Making believe, I’ll spend my lifetime
Loving you, making believe.