At Seventeen chords by Ian Janis

Intro:
Bm7/G* - G - Gmaj7 - Em/G - G*	2x

Bm7/G      G     Gmaj7    Em/G    G*
I   learned the  truth at   seven-   teen
  Dsus2/A    Am      E/A    Am7
That    love was  meant for  beauty  queens
E*   D7/F#
  and   high school girls with clear skinned smiles
  Bm7/G    G      Gmaj7    Em/G   G*
who   married  young and   then re-   tired

Bm7/G* - G - Gmaj7 - Em/G - G*

Bm7/G    G    Gmaj7    Em/G    G*
The    valen-  tines I   never   knew,
  Dsus2/A    Am      E/A     Am7
the    friday nights, cha-  rades of  youth
E*   D7/F#
  Were   spent on one more beautiful
  Bm7/G   G    Gmaj7      Em/G    G*
At   seven-  teen I    learned the   truth

Bm7/G* - G - Gmaj7 - Em/G - G*

Bb
And  those of us with ravaged faces,
Am        D7/F#
  lacking in the   social graces
Gm        Cm
  Desp'ratly re-  mained at home
  Gm           Cm
in-  venting lovers on the  phone
  Eb            D        Bb6 - Cm6
Who  called and say: "come dance with me"
  Gm         Cm
and  murmured vague ob-  scenities,
  Am7
It  isn't all it seems
  D7/F#
at    seventeen

Bm7/G      G     Gmaj7    Em/G     G*
A    brown eyed  girl in   hand-me-   downs,
   Dsus2/A    Am    E/A      Am7
whose    name I  never   could pro-  nounce
E*   D7/F#
  said   "Pity, please, the ones who serve,
Bm7/G      G     Gmaj7     Em/G    G*
   they only  get what   they de-   serve.

Bm7/G* - G - Gmaj7 - Em/G - G*

Bm7/G    G      Gmaj7      Em/G    G*
The   rich re-  lationed    home-town   queen
Dsus2/A    Am   E/A     Am7
    marries  into   what she   needs
    D7/F#
With a   guarantee of company
  Bm7/G    G    Gmaj7    Em/G   G*
and    haven  for the   elder-   ly"

Bm7/G* - G - Gmaj7 - Em/G - G*

Bb
Re-  member those who win the game,
Am          D7/F#
  lose the love they    sought to gain
 Gm        Cm
In  debentures of   quality
  Gm      Cm
and dubious in- tegrity
   Eb           D       G*
Their small town eyes will gape at you
 Gm         Cm
in dull surprise when payment due
  Am7
Ex- ceeds accounts received
 D7/F#
at   seventeen

Break:
Bm7/G* - G - Gmaj7 - EmG - G*
Dsus2/A - Am - E/A - Am7 -
D7/F#
Bm7/G* - G - Gmaj7 - EmG - G*
Bb
Am - D7/F# -
Gm - Cm
Gm - Cm
Eb - D - G*
Gm - Cm

e|-------7s5/-----7p5| |--2-3-/2-------/2-----/--2-3-2-3--2/
B|-----1----/-7p5-7p5| |0-3-3-/3-3---3-/3-3---/3-3--------3/
G|-0---0-7s5/-7p5-7p5| |4-4-4-/4-4-4-4-/4-4-4-/4-4--------4/  2x
D|--2--2----/-7p5----| |5-5-5-/5-5-5-5-/5-5-5-/5-5--------5/
A|0--0-0----/5-------| |5-----/--------/------/------------/
E|----------/--------| |3-----/--------/------/------------/

Bm7/G     G    Gmaj7    Em/G    G*
To   those of  us who   know the   pain
 Dsus2/A   Am      E/A    Am7
of    valen-  tines that   never  came,
  D7/F#
and   those whose name were never called
  Bm7/G      G     Gmaj7     Em/G   G*
when    choosing  sides at   basket-   ball

Bm7/G* - G - Gmaj7 - Em/G - G*

Bm7/G    G    Gmaj7   Em/G   G*
It was   long a- go and   far a-   way
  Dsus2/A     Am    E/A     Am7
The    world was younger   than to- day
  D7/F#
and   dreams were all they gave for free
 Bm7/G   G      Gmaj7     Em/C   G*
to   ugly  duckling   girls like   me

Bm7/G* - G - Gmaj7 - Em/G - G*

Bb
We all play the game and when we dare
 Am         D7/F#
to cheat ourselves at   solitaire
  Gm       Cm
In- venting lovers on the phone,
  Gm       Cm
re- penting other lives unknown
  Eb          D         G*
that call and say "Come  dance with me",
  Gm        Cm
and  murmur vague ob- scenities
  Am7
at   ugly girls like me,
  D7/F#
at   seventeen

Bm7/G* - G - Gmaj7 - Em/G - G*  Bm7/G//

Bm7/G*  32023x
G    3200xx
Gmaj7  3240xx
Em/G   3220xx
G*    320xxx
Bm7/G  3202xx
Dsus2/A x0223x
E/A   x0210x
Am7   x0201x
E*    0xxxxx
D7/F#  2x021x
Gm    35533x
Cm    x35543
Eb    x65343
D    x54232
Bb6   xxx333
Cm6   xxx545