At Seventeen Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[F][G][Gsus4][G][C][Csus4][C][F][Dm][Gsus4][G]
[C][F][C][F]
I [G]learned

[Verse 1]
the truth at sev[C]enteen[F]
That love was [Dm]meant for
beauty [G]queens
And high school girls with
Clear skinned [C]smiles
Who married young [G]and then re
[F]tired[G][F][Gsus4][F]
The [C]valentines [G]I nev[C]er knew
[F]The Friday [Dm]night charades of [F]youth[G]
Were spent on those more [C]beautiful
At [G]seventeen I [C]learned[G]
[C]the truth[F][Gsus4][F]
And [Cm]those of us with ravaged
[Fm]faces[Dm]
Lacking in [G]the social [Ddim]graces
[Fm]Des [Cm]per a[Fm]tely remained at home
In[Cm]venting lovers [Fm]on the phone
Who called [G]to say "Come,
dance with [F]me"
And mur[Eb]mured vague [Fm]obscen[F]ities
It isn't [Dm]all i[F]t seems at
[Gsus4]sev entee[G]n[Gsus4][G]
A [C]brown- eyed girl [G]in hand
[C]me [F]downs
Whose name I never could pronounce
[Dm]Said [C]"Pi[G]ty please[C] the
[G]ones who [C]serve
They only get what [G]they [C]de [F]serve"
[C]The [G]rich [C]relationed hometown queen
[F]Marries into [Dm]what [F]she need[C]s
A guar[G]an [C]tee of [G]company
[C]And haven for the[G] eld[C]erly
[F]Re[C][Dm][Gsus4][C]
[Eb]member those who win the game
And [Dm]lose the love [G]they sought to gain
In [Cm]debentures of [Fm]quality
And [Cm]dubious in[Fm]tegrity
Their small town [G]eyes will gape at [C]you
[Cm]In dull surprise[Fm] when
payments [Dm]due
Exceed accounts received
[G]at seventeen[Gsus4]
Adlib to [C]those of us who knew the pain
[F]Of val[Dm]entines that never cam[C]e
And those whose names
were never [G]called[C]
When choosing sides
[F]for basketball[Gsus4]
[F]It was[G] lon[C]g ago and far[G] awa[C]y
[F]The world was [Dm]younger than [F]today[G]
[C]And dreams w[G]ere all
they gave for [C]free
To ugly duckling [G]girls [Am]like [C]me
[G]We all [F]play [Eb]the game
and when we dare
[Ddim]To cheat ourselves [G]at solitaire
In[Cm]venting lovers [G]on [Gaug]the phone
[G]Repea[Eb]ting other liv[F]es
[Fm]unknown
Who call to say [G]"Come
dance with [Cm]me"
And murmur [Fm]vague [Dm]obscenities
At ugly girls like me, at [G]seventeen

[Outro 1]
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