At Seventeen chords by Janis Ian
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Intro 1
(A major)
(A major)
Verse 1
I learned (A major) the truth at seventeen
That (B minor) love was meant for beauty queens
(E major) And high school girls
with clear skinned smiles
(A major) Who married young and then retired
(A major)
The valen (A major) tines I never knew
The (B minor) Fri day nights charades of youth
(E major) Were spent on one more beautiful
(A major) At seventeen I learned the truth
(A major)
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Chorus 1
And those (C major) of us with ravaged faces
(B minor) Lacking in the (E major) social graces
(A minor) Desperately re (D minor) mained at home
In (A minor) venting lovers (D minor) on the phone
Who (F major) called to say "Come (E major) dance with me"
(A minor) And murmured vague (D minor) obscenities
(B minor) It isn't all it seems
At (E major) seventeen
Verse 2
A (A major) brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs
(B minor) Whose name I never could pronounce
(E major) Said, "Pity, please, the ones who serve
(A major) They only get what they deserve"
(A major)
And the rich (A major) relationed hometown queen
(B minor) Mar ries into what she needs
With a guarantee (E major) of company
And (A major) ha ven for the elderly
(A major)
Chorus 2
Remem (C major) ber those who win the game
(B minor) Lose the love they (E major) sought to gain
In (A minor) debentures of (D minor) quality
And (A minor) dubious in (D minor) tegrity
Their (F major) small-town eyes (E major) will gape at you
In dull (A minor) surprise (D minor) when payment due
(B minor) Exceeds accounts received
At (E major) seventeen
Interlude 1
(A major)
(A major)
Verse 3
To those (A major) of us who knew the pain
Of (B minor) va lentines that never came
(E major) And those whose names were never called
(A major) When choosing sides
for basketball
(A major)
It was long (A major) ago and far away
(B minor) The world was younger than today
(E major) When dreams were all they gave for free
(A major) To ugly duckling girls like
(A major) me
Chorus 3
We all (C major) play the game, and when we dare
To (B minor) cheat ourselves at (E major) solitaire
In (A minor) venting lovers (D minor) on the phone
Re (A minor) penting other (D minor) lives unknown
They (F major) call and say, "Come (E major) dance with me"
(A minor) And murmur vague (D minor) obscenities
(B minor) At ugly girls like me
At (E major) seventeen
Outro 1
(A major)
(A major)
At Seventeen
Janis Ian
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