At Seventeen Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
I [A]learned the truth at seventeen
That [Bm]love was meant for beauty queens
[E]And high school girls
with clear skinned smiles
[A]Who married young and then retired
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The [A]valentines I never knew
The [Bm]Fri day nights charades of youth
[E]Were spent on one more beautiful
[A]At seventeen I learned the truth
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[Chorus 1]
And [C]those of us with ravaged faces
[Bm]Lacking in the socia[E]l graces
[Am]Desperately re[Dm]mained at home
In[Am]venting lovers [Dm]on the phone
Who [F]called to say "Come [E]dance with me"
[Am]And murmured vague[Dm] obscenities
[Bm]It isn't all it seems
At [E]seventeen

[Verse 2]
A [A]brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs
[Bm]Whose name I never could pronounce
[E]Said, "Pity, please, the ones who serve
[A]They only get what they deserve"
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And the [A]rich relationed hometown queen
[Bm]Mar ries into what she needs
With a [E]guarantee of company
And [A]ha ven for the elderly
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[Chorus 2]
Re[C]member those who win the game
[Bm]Lose the love they [E]sought to gain
In [Am]debentures of [Dm]quality
And [Am]dubious in[Dm]tegrity
Their [F]small-town eyes [E]will gape at you
In [Am]dull [Dm]surprise when payment due
[Bm]Exceeds accounts received
At [E]seventeen

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 3]
To [A]those of us who knew the pain
Of [Bm]va lentines that never came
[E]And those whose names were never called
[A]When choosing sides
for basketball
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It was [A]long ago and far away
[Bm]The world was younger than today
[E]When dreams were all they gave for free
[A]To ugly duckling girls like
[A]me

[Chorus 3]
We all [C]play the game, and when we dare
To [Bm]cheat ourselves at [E]solitaire
In[Am]venting lovers [Dm]on the phone
Re[Am]penting other [Dm]lives unknown
They [F]call and say, "Come [E]dance with me"
[Am]And murmur vague[Dm] obscenities
[Bm]At ugly girls like me
At [E]seventeen

[Outro 1]
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