Intro:
   C9    C       Cmaj7  C6 C     C9    C       Cmaj7  C6 C
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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
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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
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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
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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
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  G9                            C9    C       Cmaj7  C6 C
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  Eb6                           Dm7             G7
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  Cm7            Fm7             Cm7           Fm7
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 Abmaj7           G7            Cm7            Fm7
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  Dm7                           G9  
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  C9     C       Cmaj7  C6 C     C9    C       Cmaj7  C6 C
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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
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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  
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 Dit arrangement is de eigen interpretatie van de inzender, gedeeld voor privéstudie, educatie en niet-commercieel gebruik. Het onderliggende nummer, de songtekst en de muziek blijven eigendom van hun rechthebbenden. Om verwijdering aan te vragen, zie Juridische verklaring.