At Seventeen chords by
Janis Ian
Janis Ian

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Key: C major•

Verse 1
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I learned the truth at seventeen
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G G 
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That love was meant for beauty queens
And high school girls with
clear- skinned smiles
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Who married young and then retired

Verse 2

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The valentines I never knew

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The Friday night charades of youth

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Were spent on one more beautiful

Verse 3
At seventeen I learned the truth
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Eb Eb 6
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And those of us with
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ravaged faces
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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

Verse 4
Ab Ab 4
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Who called to say,
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Cm Cm 3
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"Come dance with me"
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Ab Ab 4
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Dm Dm 
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And murmured vague obscenities
It isn't all it seems
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At seventeen

Verse 5

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A brown eyed girl in hand- me- downs

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Whose name I never could pronounce

Said, "Pity, please,

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the ones who serve

Verse 6
They only get what they deserve"
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C C 
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And the rich- relationed
hometown queen
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Marries into what she needs
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With a guarantee of company
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And haven for the elderly

Verse 7
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Eb Eb 6
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Remember those who win the game
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Lose the love they sought
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to gain
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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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Their small-

Verse 8
G G 
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town eyes will gape at you
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Fm Fm 
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In dull surprise when
Ab Ab 4
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payment due
Exceeds accounts received
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At seventeen

Interlude 1

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Verse 9

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To those of us who knew the pain

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Of valentines that never came

And those whose names

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were never called

Verse 10
When choosing sides for basketball
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It was long ago and far away
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The world was younger than today
When dreams were all they gave for free
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To ugly duckling girls like me

Verse 11

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We all play the game, and when we dare

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To cheat ourselves at solitaire

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Inventing lovers on the phone

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Repenting other lives unknown

Verse 12
Ab Ab 4
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They call and say,
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"Come dance with me"
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Fm Fm 
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Dm Dm 
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And murmur vague obscenities
At ugly girls like me
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At seventeen