Seventeen Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][F#m][D][G]

[Verse 1]
He's [B]seventeen,
he's [A]like a ma[G]chine[F#m]
[G]He's of ste[B]el, he's a cog[A] in the[G] wheel,
a spine so [F#m]steep
He [G]would [F#m]never [B]weep
But you [A]could
[G]Buy him pretty cheap
Didn't fit in [F#m]school
[A]The[B] stupid rul[A]e
[G]Made him a foo[F#m]l
But bragging bold
[Bm]Or h[B]e's [Bm]been told[A]
[G]That's his [F#m]goal[A]
A [C]perfect [Dsus4]mas ter
[Dm]'s tool[F][Am]
[A]Dignity [C]is a strain
[Dm]If you can't[F] p[G]ay
[Am]He w[A]ould even glad[Am]ly
[C]They go their eas[Dm]y way out[F][G]
[Am]Line [A]of mistress system[C]s
He's a [Dm]king of cats
Go [F]dig a [Em]soldier[D][F#m]
[G]A k[A]now[G]ing[F#m]ness[G][F#m]
[B]A hurting l[A]ess
[G]Won't be a mess
Afford[F#m]ability
Get[B]ting things [A]for free
[G]Is of importance, [F#m]see
To be [B]fair
On cham[A]pagne
[G]You get it directly in the vei[F#m]n[A]
[C]A perfect m[Dm]as ter's to[F]ol
[G]Dig[A]nity [C]is a [Dm]strain,
if you can[G]'t [F]paint[G]
[A]He would even gladly
[C]go the eas[Dm]y way[F] out[G]
[A]Light up his resistanc[C]e,
he's the [Dm]king of the cash
Go [F]take your [Em]soldier[A][Em][G][C]
[D][A][Em][C][D][A][Em][C]
[D]He'[A]s a pup[Am]pet in [A]the[Em] soul
[C]Jus[D]t an [Am]undertow[Em][D][C]
[D]But [Am]he doesn't know[Bm][G]
[C]He's [G]a[C][D][A][Am]
[D]puppet [Em]in a so[C]ng
[D]Jus[Am]t an undertow[Em],
[G]he [C]doe[D]sn't know[G]

[Outro 1]
[D][G][A][D]