Seventeen chords by Frankie Ford

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice

Seventeen:Frankie Ford.
#72 on BB Hot 100 on IMPERIAL Records
in 1961.

INTRO: C majorC G7G7
 C majorC
(She's seventeen..she's seventeen..a real cool
 baby at seventeen.)

#1.
C majorC     F7F7     C majorC       E minor 7Em7 A7A7
Seventeen, seventeen, cool and solid seventeen.
Dm7Dm7       G7G7
Young enough to dance and sing..
C majorC       G7G7 Dm7Dm7 G7G7
old enough to get that swing.
C majorC      F7F7
Past sixteen just been kissed..
C majorC       E minor 7Em7   A7A7
graduated and got that twist.
Dm7Dm7      G7G7  Dm7Dm7 G7G7
Kind of love I can't re...sist..
C majorC F7F7  C majorC
at seventeen.

CHORUS:
   E7E7
Now, sloppy shirt, old blue jeans..
A minorAm
dirty shoes, by all means.
D7D7
Patch of blonde, peroxide hair..
G7G7         Dm7Dm7 G7G7
jukebox baby ain't no  square.

#2.
C majorC     F7F7
Seventeen, hot-rod queen.
C majorC         E minor 7Em7 A7A7
Cutest girl you've ever seen.
Dm7Dm7        G7G7
Tell the world I'm really keen,
   C majorC    F7F7   C majorC  G+G  C majorC
On my hep-cat doll of sev..en..teen.


(INTERLUDE:) C majorC G7G7

#3.
C majorC     F7F7     C majorC       E minor 7Em7 A7A7
Seventeen, seventeen, cool and solid seventeen.
Dm7Dm7       G7G7
Young enough to dance and sing,
C majorC       G7G7 Dm7Dm7 G7G7
Old enough to get that swing.
C majorC      F7F7
Past sixteen just done been been kissed,
C majorC       E minor 7Em7   A7A7
graduated and got that twist.
Dm7Dm7       G7G7  Dm7Dm7 G7G7
Kind of love you can't re...sist,
C majorC F7F7  C majorC
at seventeen.

CHORUS:
   E7E7
Now, sloppy shirt, old blue jeans,
A minorAm
dirty shoes, by all means.
D7D7
Patch of blonde, peroxide hair,
G7G7         Dm7Dm7 G7G7
jukebox baby ain't no  square.

#4.
C majorC     F7F7
Seventeen, hot-rod queen.
C majorC         E minor 7Em7 A7A7
Cutest girl you've ever seen.
Dm7Dm7        G7G7
Tell the world I'm really keen,
   C majorC    F7F7   C majorC  G+G  C majorC
On my hep-cat doll of sev..en..teen.

OUTRO:
 G7G7       C majorC   G7G7
(She's his seventeen..doot-doot-doobie-
   C majorC
 doo-doo..