Chords with lyrics
Intro:
Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C X2
Verse:
Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C
I learned the truth at seventeen
D7sus4 Dm7 A/D Dm7
That love was meant for beauty queens
G9/B
And high school girls with clear-skinned smiles
Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C
Who married young and then retired
Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C
Cadd9 C Cmaj7 c
The valentines I never knew
D7sus4 Dm7 A/D Dm7
The Friday night charades of youth
G9/B
Were spent on one more beautiful
Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C
At seventeen I learned the truth
Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C
Eb6
And those of us with ravaged faces
Dm7 G7
Lacking in the social graces
Cm7 Fm7
Desperately remained at home
Cm7 Fm7
Inventing lovers on the phone
Abmaj7 G7
Who called to say, "Come dance with me"
Cm7 Fm7
And murmured vague obscenities
Dm7
It isn't all it seems
G9/B
At seventeen
Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C
A brown-eyed girl in hand-me-downs
D7sus4 Dm7 A/D Dm7
Whose name I never could pronounce
G9/B
Said, "Pity, please, the ones who serve
Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C
They only get what they deserve"
Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C
Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C
And the rich relationed hometown queen
D7sus4 Dm7 A/D Dm7
Marries into what she needs
G9/B
With a guarantee of company
Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C
And haven for the elderly
Eb6
Remember those who win the game
Dm7 G7
Lose the love they sought to gain
Cm7 Fm7
In debentures of quality
Cm7 Fm7
And dubious integrity
Abmaj7 G7
Their small town eyes will gape at you
Cm7 Fm7
In dull surprise when payment due
Dm7
Exceeds accounts received
G9/B
At seventeen
Instrument solo:
Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C D7sus4 Dm7 A/D Dm7
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G9/B Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C
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Eb6 Dm7 G7
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Cm7 Fm7 Cm7 Fm7
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Abmaj7 G7 Cm7 Fm7
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Dm7 G9/B
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Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C
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Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C
To those of us who knew the pain
D7sus4 Dm7 A/D Dm7
Of valentines that never came
G9/B
And those whose names were never called
Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C
When choosing sides for basketball
Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C
Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C
It was long ago and far away
D7sus4 Dm7 A/D Dm7
The world was younger than today
G9/B
When dreams were all they gave for free
Cadd9 C Cmaj7 C
To ugly duckling girls like me
C Eb6
We all play the game and when we dare
Dm7 G7
To cheat ourselves at solitaire
Cm7 Fm7
Inventing lovers on the phone
Cm7 Fm7
Repenting other lives unknown
Abmaj7 G7
They call and say, "Come dance with me"
Cm7 Fm7
And murmur vague obscenities
Dm7
At ugly girls like me
G9/B
At seventeen
Cadd9 C Cmaj7 c *Cmaj7
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