At Seventeen chords by Janis Ian (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(G major) (G minoraj7) (G6)
(G major) (G minoraj7) (G6)
Verse 1
I learned (G major) the truth at (G minoraj7) seven (G6) teen
That (A minor9) love was (A minor) meant for (A minorMaj7) beauty (A minor7) queens
(D7) And high school girls
with clear skinned smiles
(G major) Who married young (G minoraj7) and then re (G6) tired
(G major) (G minoraj7) (G6)
The valen (G major) tines I (G minoraj7) never (G6) knew
The (A minor9) Fri (A minor) day nights cha (A minorMaj7) rades (A minor7) of youth
(D7) Were spent on one more beautiful
(G major) At seventeen (G minoraj7) I learned the (G6) truth
(G major) (G minoraj7) (G6)
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Chorus 1
And those (B flat6) of us with ravaged faces
(A minor7) Lacking in the (D7) social graces
(G minor7) Desperately re (C minor7) mained at home
In (G minor7) venting lovers (C minor7) on the phone
Who (E flat major) called to say "Come (D7) dance with me"
(G minor7) And murmured vague (C minor7) obscenities
(A minor7) It isn't all it seems
At (D7) seventeen
Verse 2
A (G major) brown eyed girl in (G minoraj7) hand-me- (G6) downs
(A minor9) Whose (A minor) name I never (A minorMaj7) could pro (A minor7) nounce
(D7) Said, "Pity, please, the ones who serve
(G major) They only get (G minoraj7) what they de (G6) serve"
(G major) (G minoraj7) (G6)
And the rich (G major) relationed (G minoraj7) hometown (G6) queen
(A minor9) Mar (A minor) ries into (A minorMaj7) what she (A minor7) needs
With a guarantee (D7) of company
And (G major) ha ven for the (G minoraj7) elder (G6) ly
(G major) (G minoraj7) (G6)
Chorus 2
Remem (B flat6) ber those who win the game
(A minor7) Lose the love they (D7) sought to gain
In (G minor7) debentures of (C minor7) quality
And (G minor7) dubious in (C minor7) tegrity
Their (E flat major) small-town eyes (D7) will gape at you
In dull (G minor7) surprise (C minor7) when payment due
(A minor7) Exceeds accounts received
At (D7) seventeen
Interlude 1
(G major) (G minoraj7) (G6)
(G major) (G minoraj7) (G6)
Verse 3
To those (G major) of us who (G minoraj7) knew the (G6) pain
Of (A minor9) va (A minor) lentines (A minorMaj7) that never (A minor7) came
(D7) And those whose names were never called
(G major) When choosing sides
for (G minoraj7) basket (G6) ball
(G major) (G minoraj7) (G6)
It was long (G major) ago and (G minoraj7) far a (G6) way
(A minor9) The (A minor) world was younger (A minorMaj7) than to (A minor7) day
(D7) When dreams were all they gave for free
(G major) To ugly duck (G minoraj7) ling girls (G6) like
(G major) me (G minoraj7) (G6)
Chorus 3
We all (B flat6) play the game, and when we dare
To (A minor7) cheat ourselves at (D7) solitaire
In (G minor7) venting lovers (C minor7) on the phone
Re (G minor7) penting other (C minor7) lives unknown
They (E flat major) call and say, "Come (D7) dance with me"
(G minor7) And murmur vague (C minor7) obscenities
(A minor7) At ugly girls like me
At (D7) seventeen
Outro 1
(G major) (G minoraj7) (G6)
(Gadd9)
At Seventeen
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