At Seventeen Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Dm][C][Em]
I [C]learned

[Verse 1]
the
truth at seventeen
That [Dm]love was meant for beauty queens
An[G]d high school girls with
clear -skinned smiles
[C]Who married young and then retired
The valentines I never knew
[Dm]The friday night charades of youth
[G]Were spent on one more beautiful
[C]At seventeen
I learned the truth
And [Eb]those of us with ravaged faces
[Dm]Lacking in the so[G]cial graces
Des[Cm]perately [Fm]remained at home
[Cm]Inventing lovers [Fm]on the phone
Who [Ab]called to say, come [G]dance with me
An[Cm]d murmured vague obsce[Fm]nities
[Dm]It isn't all it seems at s[G]eventeen
A [C]brown -eyed girl with
hand -me -downs
[Dm]Whose name I never could pronounce
[G]Said, pity please the ones who serve
[C]They only get what they deserve
And the rich, relationed, hometown queen
Mar[Dm]ries into what she needs
With a [G]guarantee of company
And [C]a haven for the elderly
[Eb]Remember those who win the game,
[Dm]Lose[Ddim] the love they sought [G]to gain,
In [Cm]derventures of [Fm]quality and
[Cm]dubious integ[Fm]rity,
Their [Ab]small -town eyes will [G]gape at you,
In[Cm]dulge surprise when [Fm]payments due,
[Dm]exceed accounts received at seve[G]nteen.

[Interlude 1]
[G][Csus4][C][Dm][G][Csus4][C][G]
[C]
[Eb][Bb][Ddim][Dm][G][Cm][Fm][F][Cm][Fm]
[Ab][Fm][G][Cm][Fm][Dm][G]
[C]

[Verse 2]
To [C]those of us who knew the pain
[Dm]Of valentines that never came
[G]An d those whose names
were never called
[C]When choosing sides for basketball
It was long ago and far away
The [Dm]world was younger than today
[G]An d dreams were all they gave for free
[C]To ugly duckling girls like me
We all [Eb]played the game
and when we dared
[Dm]To cheat ourselves at so[G]litaire
[Cm]Inventing lovers [Fm]on the phone
[Cm]Repenting other [Fm]lives unknown
They'd [Ab]call and say
come [G]dance with me
An[Cm]d murmur vague obsce[Fm]nities
[Dm]To ugly girls like me at s[G]eventeen

[Outro 1]
[G][C][C]