At Seventeen chords by Madeleine & Salomon
Verse 1
G
I learned the truth at seventeen
That love was meant for beauty queens
High school girls with clear
-skinned smiles
Married young and very tight
C
The valentines I never knew
D
G
The Friday night charades of youth
Were spent on one more beautiful
C
At seventeen
D
I learned the truth
Eb
Those of us with ravaged faces,
Ddim
G
lacking in the social graces
Cm
Fm
Desperately remain at home,
Cm
D
inventing lovers on the phone
Eb
Called to say, come dance with me
Ddim
G
among my vague obscenities
Cm
F#dim
Ddim
D
G
It isn't all it seem s, at seventeen
C
To those of us who knew the pain
D
Of valentines that never came
G
And those whose names were
never called
C
G
When choosing sites for basketball
C
D
It was long ago, but far away
The world was younger than today
G
When dreams were all
C
they gave for free
Eaug
C
Cm
To ugly duckling girls like me
Eb
We play the game and when we dare
Ddim
G
To cheat ourselves it's solitaire
Cm
Fm
Inventing lovers on the phone
Cm
Repenting of our lives unknown
Eb
I call and say, come dance with me
Ab
G
among my vague obscenities
Cm
Fm
At ugly girls like me,
D
G
C
Adim
D
G
at seventeen
you
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