At Seventeen

At Seventeen easy guitar chords by Janis Ian

1975Pop
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 3

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • A

  • Bm

    2
  • E

  • C

  • Am

  • Dm

  • F

  • A

  • Bm

    2
  • E

  • C

  • Am

  • Dm

  • F

  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    learned 
    the 
    truth 
    at 
    seven
    teen 

    That 
    love 
    was 
    meant 
    for 
    beauty 
    queens 

    And 
    high 
    school 
    girls 

    with 
    clear 
    skinned 
    smiles 

    Who 
    married 
    young 
    and 
    then 
    re
    tired 


    The 
    valen
    tines 
    never 
    knew 

    The 
    Fri
    day 
    nights 
    cha
    rades 
    of 
    youth 

    Were 
    spent 
    on 
    one 
    more 
    beautiful 

    At 
    seventeen 
    learned 
    the 
    truth 


    Chorus 1
    And 
    those 
    of 
    us 
    with 
    ravaged 
    faces 

    Lacking 
    in 
    the 
    social 
    graces 

    Desperately 
    re
    mained 
    at 
    home 

    In
    venting 
    lovers 
    on 
    the 
    phone 

    Who 
    called 
    to 
    say 
    "Come 
    dance 
    with 
    me" 

    And 
    murmured 
    vague 
    obscenities 

    It 
    isn't 
    all 
    it 
    seems 

    At 
    seventeen 

    Verse 2
    brown 
    eyed 
    girl 
    in 
    hand-me-
    downs 

    Whose 
    name 
    never 
    could 
    pro
    nounce 

    Said, 
    "Pity, 
    please, 
    the 
    ones 
    who 
    serve 

    They 
    only 
    get 
    what 
    they 
    de
    serve" 


    And 
    the 
    rich 
    re
    lationed 
    hometown 
    queen 

    Mar
    ries 
    into 
    what 
    she 
    needs 

    With 
    guarantee 
    of 
    company 

    And 
    ha
    ven 
    for 
    the 
    elder
    ly 


    Chorus 2
    Re
    mem
    ber 
    those 
    who 
    win 
    the 
    game 

    Lose 
    the 
    love 
    they 
    sought 
    to 
    gain 

    In 
    debentures 
    of 
    quality 

    And 
    dubious 
    in
    tegrity 

    Their 
    small-town 
    eyes 
    will 
    gape 
    at 
    you 

    In 
    dull 
    surprise 
    when 
    payment 
    due 

    Exceeds 
    accounts 
    received 

    At 
    seventeen 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 3
    To 
    those 
    of 
    us 
    who 
    knew 
    the 
    pain 

    Of 
    va
    lentines 
    that 
    never 
    came 

    And 
    those 
    whose 
    names 
    were 
    never 
    called 

    When 
    choosing 
    sides 

    for 
    basket
    ball 


    It 
    was 
    long 
    a
    go 
    and 
    far 
    a
    way 

    The 
    world 
    was 
    younger 
    than 
    to
    day 

    When 
    dreams 
    were 
    all 
    they 
    gave 
    for 
    free 

    To 
    ugly 
    duck
    ling 
    girls 
    like 

    me 

    Chorus 3
    We 
    all 
    play 
    the 
    game, 
    and 
    when 
    we 
    dare 

    To 
    cheat 
    ourselves 
    at 
    solitaire 

    In
    venting 
    lovers 
    on 
    the 
    phone 

    Re
    penting 
    other 
    lives 
    unknown 

    They 
    call 
    and 
    say, 
    "Come 
    dance 
    with 
    me" 

    And 
    murmur 
    vague 
    obscenities 

    At 
    ugly 
    girls 
    like 
    me 

    At 
    seventeen 

    Outro 1

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