At Seventeen Chords

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[Verse 1]
[C]I learned the truth at seventee[Am]n
[C]That lov[Dm]e was meant
for beauty [G]queens
And high school girls with clear
skinned [C]smiles
Who married young and [Am]then re[C]tired

[Verse 2]
[C]
The valentines I never knew
[Dm]The Friday night charades of [G]youth
Were spent on one more
[C]beautiful
At seventeen, I learned the truth

[Verse 3]
And [Cm]those of us with
ravaged [Dm]faces
Lacking in the so[G]cial graces
[Cm]Desperately [Fm]remained at home
In[Cm]venting lover[Fm]s on the phone
Who called to say,
"Come [G]dance with [Cm]me"
And murmured [Fm]vague obscenities
[Dm]It isn't all it se[G]ems at seventeen

[Verse 4]
A [C]brown eyed girl in hand
me [Dm]downs
Whose name I never could pronounce
[G]Said, "Pity, please,
the ones who [C]serve
They only get what they deserve"
The rich relationed hometown queen
Who [Dm]marries into what she needs
With [G]a guarantee of [C]company

[Verse 5]
And haven for the elderly
[C]
So re[Cm]member those who win the game
[Dm]Lose the love [G]they sought to gain
In [Cm]debentures [Fm]of quality
And [Cm]dubious [Fm]integrity
The small town eyes will [G]gape at [Cm]you
In dull sur[Fm]prise when
payment [Dm]due
Exceeds accounts [G]received

[Interlude 1]
at seventeen
[G][Cm][Dm][G][Cm][Fm][G]

[Verse 6]
And to [C]those of us who knew [Dm]the pain
Of valentines that never [G]came
And those whose names
were never [C]called
When choosing sides for basketball
It was long ago and far away
[Dm]The world was younger than today[G]
When dreams were all they gave for [C]free
To ugly ducking girls like me

[Verse 7]
We all [Cm]play the game and
when we dare
[Dm]We cheat ourselves at [G]solitaire
In[Cm]venting lover[Fm]s on the phone
Re[Cm]penting oth[Fm]er lives unknown
And I call and say,
"Come [G]dance with [Cm]me"
And murmur [Fm]vague obscenities
[Dm]At ugly girls like me at[G] seventeen

[Outro 1]
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