Love Affair

Regina Spektor

Fm C D7  Fm C  B m7  

                    

          

Fm C Fm C Fm C Fm C

      
      
5

             
Fm C Fm C Fm C Fm C

      
9

                 
   
                            
9 There was a love af- fair in this build - ing A kind of love af - fair which

Fm C Fm C
 D 7 3
  
13 B m7

 
             
3 3 3

ev - ery  re - spec - ta 
- ble build- ing must  keep as a le - gend

     
      
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         
13

           
 C Fm C Fm 3 C Fm C
 F m 
        
17

           
   
  
            
     
     
17 Slow - ly fes - ter-ing through an in - no-cent, by the way, have you heard?
 Fm C Fm C

2 Love Affair

   
D7 B m7

 
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           
        
He was  per- fect  ex - cept  for the fact  he was an en - gin - eer
         
     
21 that And,

          
21

          

 Gm F  m/A F /A 

 F m 
 
25 B m7

          
           
25 mo - ther's pre - fer doc - tors and

 
             
25

           
    

 C C
 B  
   
dim7 B

   
28

   
         
           
28 law - - - - - - - - - - ers

 
      
   
28

       
  

 C Fm C Fm C Fm C

 F m  
                      
32


                          
32 scat...
 Love Affair 
C Fm C

3

        
36 D7 B m7 F m

  
 
   
            
36

             
36

           

A /C  C  sus4 C
   
40 A m/C

             
          

Fm C Fm C Fm C Fm C

44
  
   
                     
3

                             
44 Yet, des - pite this im - per-fec - tion he was clean look-ing and re - spec-ta - ble look-ing And you'll

Fm C Fm C
 D 7
            
48 B m7


       
3


ne-ver  find  a mo- ther  who does -n't  ap - pre-ci-ate a na - tu - ral
              
48 man

         
48

           

 C Fm C Fm 3 C Fm C

 F m  
       
52

    
        
                             
52 So he grew health - y al - oe ver - a plants by the wind - dow
 Fm C Fm C
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4 Love Affair

           
D7 B m7


56

  
Health- y  teeth   

   
      
56 in his mouth, Health-y hair on his head Oh!

        
56

           

 Gm F  m/A F /A 

60
   F m  
B m7

          
           
60 He grew health - y, wav - y brown

 

             
60

           
    
 C C
   B dim7  
     
B

       
63

   
                    
63 hair on his head The

    
        
63

         
  
 Gm F  m/A F /A 
  F          
67 m B m7

         
            
    
67 kind, the kind that bab -ies al - ways go for with


               
67

           
  

     
 B  dim7 C C
 
Love Affair 5
     
B

      
71

    
     
  
 
        
     
71 stick - y lit - tle fin - gers

  
        
71

         
  

 C Fm C Fm C Fm C

  F       
                 
75 m

 
  
75 scat section...

                       

Fm C Fm C
 D
         
79 7 B m7

         

      
        
79


     
79

        
    

   

 C Fm
 F      
83 m

        
    
    
83

    
 