At Seventeen chords by
Janis Ian

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Key: C major•

Intro 1

C

C

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Verse 1
C C 
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I learned the truth at seventeen
Dm Dm 
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That love was meant for beauty queens
G G 
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And high school girls
with clear skinned smiles
C C 
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Who married young and then retired
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C C 
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The valentines I never knew
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The Fri day nights charades of youth
G G 
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Were spent on one more beautiful
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At seventeen I learned the truth
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Chorus 1
Eb Eb 6
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And those of us with ravaged faces
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G G 
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Lacking in the social graces
Cm Cm 3
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Fm Fm 
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Desperately remained at home
Cm Cm 3
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Fm Fm 
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Inventing lovers on  the phone
Ab Ab 4
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G G 
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Who called to say "Come dance with me"
Cm Cm 3
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Fm Fm 
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And murmured vague obscenities
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It isn't all it seems
G G 
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At seventeen

Verse 2
C C 
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A brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs
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Whose name I never could pronounce
G G 
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Said, "Pity, please, the ones who serve
C C 
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They only get what they deserve"
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And the rich relationed hometown queen
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Mar ries into what she needs
G G 
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With a guarantee of company
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And ha ven for the elderly
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Chorus 2
Eb Eb 6
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Remem ber those who win the game
Dm Dm 
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G G 
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Lose the love they sought to gain
Cm Cm 3
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Fm Fm 
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In debentures of quality
Cm Cm 3
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Fm Fm 
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And dubious integrity
Ab Ab 4
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G G 
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Their small-town eyes will gape at you
Cm Cm 3
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In dull surprise when payment due
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Exceeds accounts received
G G 
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At seventeen

Interlude 1

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Verse 3
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To those of us who knew the pain
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Of va  lentines that never came
G G 
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And those whose names were never called
C C 
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When choosing sides
for basketball
C C 
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It was long ago and far away
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The world was younger than today
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When dreams were all they gave for free
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To ugly duckling girls like
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me

Chorus 3
Eb Eb 6
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We all play the game, and when we dare
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G G 
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To cheat ourselves at solitaire
Cm Cm 3
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Fm Fm 
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Inventing lovers on  the phone
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Fm Fm 
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Repenting other lives unknown
Ab Ab 4
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They call and say, "Come dance with me"
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And murmur vague obscenities
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At ugly girls like me
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At seventeen

Outro 1

C

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