At Seventeen chords by Catherine Porter
Verse 1
G
I learned the truth at seventeen
Am
That love was meant for
beauty queens
Dsus4
In high school girls with
clear -skinned smiles
D
G
Who married young and then retired
The valentines I never knew
Am
The friday night charades of youth
Dsus4
Were spent on one more beautiful
G
At seventeen
I learned the truth
Bb
And those of us with ravaged faces
Am
Dsus4
Lacking in the social graces
Gm
Cm
Desperately remained at home
Gm
Cm
Inventing lovers on the phone
Eb
D
Who called to say, come dance with me
Gm
Cm
And murmured vague obscenities
Am
Dsus4
It isn't all it seems, at seventeen
D
G
A brown -eyed girl in
hand -me -downs
Am
Whose name I never could pronounce
Dsus4
Said, pity please
D
the ones who serve
G
They only get what they deserve
The rich relation hometown queen
Am
Who marries into what she needs
Dsus4
D
With a guarantee of company
G
And haven for the elderly
Bb
Remember those who win the game,
Am
Dsus4
lose the love they sought to gain
Gm
Cm
In debentures of quality
Gm
Cm
and dubious integrity
Eb
D
Their small -town eyes will gape at you
Gm
In dull surprise,
Cm
when payment due
Am
Exceeds accounts received
Dsus4
D
G
at the seventeen
To those of us who knew the pain
Am
Of Valentines that never came
Dsus4
And those whose
D
names were never called
G
Went choosing sides for basketball
It was long ago and far away
Am
The world was younger than today
Dsus4
And dreams were
D
all they gave for free
G
To ugly duckling girls like me
Bb
We all play the game and when we dare
Am
Dsus4
To cheat ourselves in solitaire
Gm
Cm
Inventing lovers on the phone
Dm
Eb
Gm
Cm
Re penting other lives unknown
Dm
Eb
But call and say,
D
come dance with me
Gm
Cm
And murmur fake obscenities
Am
At ugly girls like me
Dsus4
D
Dsus4
G
At seventeen
you
At Seventeen
Catherine Porter
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