At Seventeen Chords

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[Verse 1]
[Csus2]I learned t[C]he[Csus2]
[C]truth at seventeen
That [Csus2]love was [Dm]meant for beauty queens
And [G]high school girls with
clear -skinned smiles
[C]Who married well and then retired
[Csus2]The[C]
Valentines I never knew
The
[Dm]Friday night charades of youth
I spent [G]on one more beautiful
At sev[C]enteen 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 lovebird[Fm]s on the phone
Were [Ab]called to say come [G]dance with me
[Cm]A mermaid vague ob[Fm]scenities
[Dm]It isn't all it seems
At sev[G]enteen
A [C]brown -eyed girl in hand -me -downs
[Dm]Whose name I never could pronounce said
[G]Pity please the ones who serve
They [C]only get what they deserve
And the rich, relationed, hometown queen
Mar[Dm]ries into what she needs
with the [G]guarantee
of company
And a [C]haven for the elderly
[Eb]Remember those who win the game
And [Dm]lose the love they [G]sought to gain
[Cm]Deventures of [Fm]quality
and [Cm]dubious in[Fm]tegrity
Those [Ab]small -town eyes that [G]gape at you
With [Cm]dull surprise when pay[Fm]ment due
Ex[Dm]ceeds accounts received at sev
[G]enteen[C][Dm][G]
[C][Dm][D][Dm][G]
[C]
We all [Eb]play the game and when we dare
To [Dm]cheat ourselves in [G]solitaire
Pre[Cm]venting lovers [Fm]on the phone
Pre[Cm]venting other [Fm]lives unknown
They [Ab]called to say come [G]dance with me
[Cm]And permafake [Fm]obscenity
[Dm]An d ugly girls like me in s[G]eventeen
It was [C]long ago and far away
The [Dm]world was younger than today
[Dm]And drea[G]ms were all they gave for free
To [C]ugly duckling girls like me