Seventeen Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
I [G]was only seventeen
Livin' [D]out a reckless dream
Ridin' those sum[C]mer streets
To the corner [G]of high and thirteen
Me and other VD boys
Runnin' [D]too wild too bored
Lookin' for the grown [C]man's toys
Out at [G]that corner store
Well they [C]threw the money to [G]me
and somebody's [C]ID
[G][D]

[Verse 2]
I was in the [G]parking lot [Am]scared as hell
Sent the [C]sixteen dollars
down [G]a wishing well
Two bottles of wine those
[Am]red and blue lights
Took a [C]trip down town for
the very [G]first time
Watching [C]my [G]whole life [C]flash
before [G]my [D]eyes
Like I was sev[C]enteen
[G]

[Verse 3]
She was from across the tracks
With [D]a private school laugh
We were both falling [C]too fast
Down a river [G]that wouldn't last
It was only [C]one [G]night and our [C]first [G]time[D]

[Verse 4]
I was in the [G]parking lot [Am]scared as hell
Sending [C]sixteen dollars down [G]the wishing well
I held her tight between
those [Am]yellow lines
[C]We sat there crying 'bout
[G]a miscarried life
Watching [C]my whole [G]life [C]flash
before my [G]eyes[D]
Like I [G]was [C]seventeen

[Verse 5]
Oh it was a [Em]lifetime ago
And [C]I prayed for mercy
Walking [G]on down that road
I led the [D]woman of my dreams
And she said yes to me
And she's sayin', [C]"Baby [G]I'm late,
I'm [C]never [G]this late.
I'm [C]feeling [G]a change,
we should [D]find out either way."
And I'm [C]grabbing my [G]keys
and I'm [C]shutting the front [G]door
[C]I can hardly b[G]reathe driving
[D]that familiar road
And I'm [C]parked between
[G]those yellow lines
[C]Lookin' down [G]that aisle
[C]Don't know [G]whether to laugh
or [D]whether to cry

[Verse 6]
I was in the [G]parking lot [Am]scared as hell
Sending [C]sixteen dollars down
[D]the [G]wish[D]ing [G]well
Two pink lines, or [Am]maybe just one
[C]Could by my daughter or it
[G]could be my son
Watching [C]our whole [G]lives
[C]flash before [G]my [D]eyes
Like I was sev[C]enteen[G]

[Verse 7]
[C]Funny how [G]the years [C]switch
[G]around the tears [D]that way
Like I was [C]seventeen