At Seventeen chords by Ian Janis

Guitar chords with lyrics

Intro:
Bm7/G* - G+G - Gmaj7Gmaj7 - Em/GEm/G - G*	2x

Bm7/G            G+G          Gmaj7Gmaj7       Em/GEm/G       G*
I      learned the   truth at      seven-      teen
    Dsus2/A        A minorAm           E/A       Am7Am7
That       love was   meant for    beauty    queens
E*     D7/F#D7/F#
   and      high school girls with clear skinned smiles
    Bm7/G        G+G           Gmaj7Gmaj7        Em/GEm/G      G*
who      married    young and     then re-     tired

Bm7/G* - G+G - Gmaj7Gmaj7 - Em/GEm/G - G*

Bm7/G        G+G        Gmaj7Gmaj7       Em/GEm/G       G*
The       valen-   tines I      never     knew,
   Dsus2/A       A minorAm            E/A          Am7Am7
the        friday  nights, cha-    rades of    youth
E*      D7/F#D7/F#
    Were      spent on one more beautiful
   Bm7/G      G+G        Gmaj7Gmaj7            Em/GEm/G        G*
At     seven-   teen I       learned the     truth

Bm7/G* - G+G - Gmaj7Gmaj7 - Em/GEm/G - G*

Bb majorBb
And   those of us with ravaged faces,
A minorAm               D7/F#D7/F#
   lacking in the      social graces
G minorGm               C minorCm
   Desp'ratly re-    mained at home
    G minorGm                      C minorCm
in-   venting lovers on the    phone
   Eb MajorEb                       D MajorD                Bb6Bb6 - Cm6Cm6
Who   called and say: "come  dance with me"
    G minorGm                  C minorCm
and   murmured vague ob-   scenities,
   Am7Am7
It    isn't all it seems
   D7/F#D7/F#
at       seventeen

Bm7/G            G+G         Gmaj7Gmaj7        Em/GEm/G          G*
A augmentedA       brown eyed   girl in      hand-me-      downs,
     Dsus2/A       A minorAm       E/A           Am7Am7
whose       name I    never     could pro-    nounce
E*      D7/F#D7/F#
   said      "Pity, please, the ones who serve,
Bm7/G           G+G         Gmaj7Gmaj7         Em/GEm/G        G*
      they only   get what      they de-     serve.

Bm7/G* - G+G - Gmaj7Gmaj7 - Em/GEm/G - G*

Bm7/G        G+G           Gmaj7Gmaj7           Em/GEm/G        G*
The      rich re-   lationed       home-town      queen
Dsus2/A       A minorAm      E/A          Am7Am7
       marries   into     what she     needs
       D7/F#D7/F#
With a      guarantee of company
    Bm7/G       G+G        Gmaj7Gmaj7       Em/GEm/G      G*
and       haven   for the      elder-     ly"

Bm7/G* - G+G - Gmaj7Gmaj7 - Em/GEm/G - G*

Bb majorBb
Re-   member those who win the game,
A minorAm                    D7/F#D7/F#
   lose the love they       sought to gain
  G minorGm               C minorCm
In   debentures of     quality
   G minorGm           C minorCm
and  dubious in-  tegrity
     Eb MajorEb                     D MajorD             G*
Their  small town eyes will  gape at you
  G minorGm                  C minorCm
in  dull surprise when  payment due
   Am7Am7
Ex-  ceeds accounts received
  D7/F#D7/F#
at     seventeen

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Break:
Bm7/G* - G+G - Gmaj7Gmaj7 - EmG - G*
Dsus2/A - A minorAm - E/A - Am7Am7 -
D7/F#D7/F#
Bm7/G* - G+G - Gmaj7Gmaj7 - EmG - G*
Bb majorBb
A minorAm - D7/F#D7/F# -
G minorGm - C minorCm
G minorGm - C minorCm
Eb MajorEb - D MajorD - G*
G minorGm - C minorCm

e|-------7s5/-----7p5|  |--2-3-/2-------/2-----/--2-3-2-3--2/
BB|-----1----/-7p5-7p5|  |0-3-3-/3-3---3-/3-3---/3-3--------3/
G+G|-0---0-7s5/-7p5-7p5|  |4-4-4-/4-4-4-4-/4-4-4-/4-4--------4/   2x
D MajorD|--2--2----/-7p5----|  |5-5-5-/5-5-5-5-/5-5-5-/5-5--------5/
A augmentedA|0--0-0----/5-------|  |5-----/--------/------/------------/
E MajorE|----------/--------|  |3-----/--------/------/------------/

Bm7/G         G+G        Gmaj7Gmaj7        Em/GEm/G       G*
To     those of   us who      know the     pain
  Dsus2/A      A minorAm            E/A       Am7Am7
of       valen-   tines that     never    came,
   D7/F#D7/F#
and     those whose name were never called
    Bm7/G           G+G         Gmaj7Gmaj7         Em/GEm/G      G*
when       choosing   sides at      basket-     ball

Bm7/G* - G+G - Gmaj7Gmaj7 - Em/GEm/G - G*

Bm7/G        G+G       Gmaj7Gmaj7      Em/GEm/G      G*
It was      long a-  go and     far a-     way
   Dsus2/A         A minorAm        E/A         Am7Am7
The       world was  younger     than to-  day
   D7/F#D7/F#
and     dreams were all they gave for free
  Bm7/G      G+G           Gmaj7Gmaj7          Em/C     G*
to      ugly    duckling      girls like     me

Bm7/G* - G+G - Gmaj7Gmaj7 - Em/GEm/G - G*

Bb majorBb
We all  play the game and when we dare
  A minorAm                 D7/F#D7/F#
to  cheat ourselves at      solitaire
   G minorGm              C minorCm
In-  venting lovers  on the phone,
   G minorGm             C minorCm
re-  penting other  lives unknown
    Eb MajorEb                   D MajorD                  G*
that  call and say "Come    dance with me",
   G minorGm                C minorCm
and   murmur vague ob-  scenities
   Am7Am7
at     ugly girls like me,
   D7/F#D7/F#
at      seventeen

Bm7/G* - G+G - Gmaj7Gmaj7 - Em/GEm/G - G*   Bm7/G//

Bm7/G*   32023x
G+G        3200xx
Gmaj7Gmaj7    3240xx
Em/GEm/G     3220xx
G*       320xxx
Bm7/G    3202xx
Dsus2/A  x0223x
E/A      x0210x
Am7Am7      x0201x
E*       0xxxxx
D7/F#D7/F#    2x021x
G minorGm       35533x
C minorCm       x35543
Eb MajorEb       x65343
D MajorD        x54232
Bb6Bb6      xxx333
Cm6Cm6      xxx545