Intro: C9 C Cmaj7 C6 C C9 C Cmaj7 C6 C | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Verse 1: C C9 C Cmaj7 C6 C I learnt the truth at seven - teen, D7sus4 Dm7 A Dm7 That love was meant for beauty queens, G9 And high school girls with clear-skinned smiles, C9 C Cmaj7 C6 C Who married young, and then re - tired Interlude: C9 C Cmaj7 C6 C | / / / / | / / / / | Verse 2: C C9 C Cmaj7 C6 C The valen - tines I never knew, D7sus4 Dm7 A Dm7 The Friday night cha - rades of youth, G9 Were spent on one more beautiful, C9 C Cmaj7 C6 C At seven - teen, I learnt the truth Interlude: C9 C Cmaj7 C6 C | / / / / | / / / / | Verse 3: C Eb6 And those of us with ravaged faces, Dm7 G7 Lacking in the social graces, Cm7 Fm7 Cm7 Fm7 Desperately re - mained at home, in - venting lovers on the phone, Abmaj7 G7 Who called to say, "Come dance with me!", Cm7 Fm7 And murmured vague ob - senities, Dm7 G9 It isn't all it seems ...at seventeen Verse 4: C9 C Cmaj7 C6 C a brown eyed girl in 'hand - me - downs', D7sus4 Dm7 A Dm7 Whose name I never could pro - nounce, G9 Said, "Pity please, the ones who serve, C9 C Cmaj7 C6 C They only get what they de - serve!" Interlude: C9 C Cmaj7 C6 C | / / / / | / / / / | Verse 5: C C9 C Cmaj7 C6 C And the rich re - lationed hometown queen, D7sus4 Dm7 A Dm7 G9 Marries into what she needs, with a guarantee of company, C9 C Cmaj7 C6 C C9 C Cmaj7 C6 C And haven for the elder - ly | / / / / | / / / / | Verse 6: C Eb6 Re - member those who win the game, Dm7 G7 Lose the love they sought to gain, Cm7 Fm7 Cm7 Fm7 In debentures of quality, and dubious in - tegrity, Abmaj7 G7 Cm7 The small town eyes will gape at you ...in dull surprise, Fm7 Dm7 G9 When payment due ...exceeds accounts received, at seventeen Instrumental: C9 C Cmaj7 C6 C D7sus4 Dm7 A Dm7 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | G9 C9 C Cmaj7 C6 C | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Eb6 Dm7 G7 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Cm7 Fm7 Cm7 Fm7 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Abmaj7 G7 Cm7 Fm7 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Dm7 G9 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | C9 C Cmaj7 C6 C C9 C Cmaj7 C6 C | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Verse 8: C C9 C Cmaj7 C6 C D7sus4 Dm7 A Dm7 To those of us who knew the pain of Valen - tines that never came, G9 And those whose names were never called... C9 C Cmaj7 C6 C ...When choosing sides for basket ball Interlude: C9 C Cmaj7 C6 C | / / / / | / / / / | Verse 9: C C9 C Cmaj7 C6 It was long a - go, and far a - way, C D7sus4 Dm7 A Dm7 The world was younger than to - day, G9 And dreams were all they gave for free... C9 C Cmaj7 C6 C C9 C Cmaj7 C6 C ...To ugly duckling girls ...like me Verse 10: C Eb6 We all play the game, Dm7 G7 And when we dare to cheat ourselves at solitaire, Cm7 Fm7 Cm7 Fm7 In - venting lovers on the phone, re - penting other lives unknown, Abmaj7 G7 That call and say, "Come dance with me!", Cm7 Fm7 And murmur vague ob - senities, Dm7 G9 At ugly girls like me ...at seventeen Outro: C9 C Cmaj7 C6 C Cmaj7 | / / / / | / / / / | / ||
At Seventeen chords by Janis Ian
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