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
    A

    A

    Verse 1
    A

    I learned the truth at seventeen
    Bm

    That love was meant for beauty queens
    E

    And high school girls

    with clear skinned smiles
    A

    Who married young and then retired
    A

    A

    The valentines I never knew
    Bm

    The Fri day nights charades of youth
    E

    Were spent on one more beautiful
    A

    At seventeen I learned the truth
    A

    Chorus 1
    C

    And those of us with ravaged faces
    Bm
    E

    Lacking in the social graces
    Am
    Dm

    Desperately remained at home
    Am
    Dm

    Inventing lovers on the phone
    F
    E

    Who called to say "Come dance with me"
    Am
    Dm

    And murmured vague obscenities
    Bm

    It isn't all it seems
    E

    At seventeen
    Verse 2
    A

    A brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs
    Bm

    Whose name I never could pronounce
    E

    Said, "Pity, please, the ones who serve
    A

    They only get what they deserve"
    A

    A

    And the rich relationed hometown queen
    Bm

    Mar ries into what she needs
    E

    With a guarantee of company
    A

    And ha ven for the elderly
    A

    Chorus 2
    C

    Remember those who win the game
    Bm
    E

    Lose the love they sought to gain
    Am
    Dm

    In debentures of quality
    Am
    Dm

    And dubious integrity
    F
    E

    Their small-town eyes will gape at you
    Am
    Dm

    In dull surprise when payment due
    Bm

    Exceeds accounts received
    E

    At seventeen
    Interlude 1
    A

    A

    Verse 3
    A

    To those of us who knew the pain
    Bm

    Of va lentines that never came
    E

    And those whose names were never called
    A

    When choosing sides

    for basketball
    A

    A

    It was long ago and far away
    Bm

    The world was younger than today
    E

    When dreams were all they gave for free
    A

    To ugly duckling girls like
    A

    me
    Chorus 3
    C

    We all play the game, and when we dare
    Bm
    E

    To cheat ourselves at solitaire
    Am
    Dm

    Inventing lovers on the phone
    Am
    Dm

    Repenting other lives unknown
    F
    E

    They call and say, "Come dance with me"
    Am
    Dm

    And murmur vague obscenities
    Bm

    At ugly girls like me
    E

    At seventeen
    Outro 1
    A

    A

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