17 chords by Mahalia

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
E minor 7Em7  B minorBm  x3
E minor 7Em7

Verse 1:

E minor 7Em7        B minorBm      E minor 7Em7     B minorBm
See, as people we try to please one another


      E minor 7Em7     B minorBm            E minor 7Em7   B minorBm
In order to be equal, we lie so we don't have to suffer


      E minor 7Em7       B minorBm        E minor 7Em7    B minorBm
But I'm tired of hiding for the benefit of my peers

         E minor 7Em7
What's so wrong with shining?


B minorBm              E minor 7Em7
Why've you got so much fear?


B minorBm

Pre-Chorus:

     G+G
I got my skin all out


    F# minorF#m           E minor 7Em7
I don't care, I'm proud to be me


Yeah

   G+G
I was scared to stand out


     F# minorF#m
Now I'm wearing my hair down


Chorus:

E minor 7Em7
And I feel so free

              B minorBm
Oh it's good to be seventeen


C# minorC#m
Well I feel so free


           E minor 7Em7   B minorBm
Oh it's good to be seventeen


C# minorC#m
Seventeen


Verse 2:

    E minor 7Em7     B minorBm    E minor 7Em7       B minorBm
See, as teenagers we think we have to blend in


           E minor 7Em7     B minorBm           E minor 7Em7      B minorBm
But if you want to be greater than this, there's no use in pretending


    E minor 7Em7              B minorBm         E minor 7Em7    B minorBm
Cause I tried to change myself for the benefit of my friends


         E minor 7Em7
Well now it's time to wave goodbye cause


B minorBm             E minor 7Em7
My used-to-be's are at an end


B minorBm

Pre-Chorus:

     G+G
I got my skin all out


    F# minorF#m           E minor 7Em7
I don't care, Iâ??m proud to be me


Yeah

   G+G
I was scared to stand out


     F# minorF#m
Now I'm wearing my hair down


Chorus:

E minor 7Em7
And I feel so free


              B minorBm
Oh it's good to be seventeen


C# minorC#m
Well I feel so free


           E minor 7Em7   B minorBm
Oh it's good to be seventeen


C# minorC#m
Seventeen


Post-Chorus:

E minor 7Em7           B minorBm
I will be myself cause I like who I'm becoming


      E minor 7Em7            B minorBm
If you're ready come with me, these boots are made for running


   E minor 7Em7           B minorBm
But, I'm sick of running in circles around ya


E minor 7Em7
This ain't about ya, this ain't about ya


Pre-Chorus:

     G+G
I got my skin all out


    F# minorF#m           E minor 7Em7
I don't care, I'm proud to be me


Yeah

   G+G
I was scared to stand out


     F# minorF#m
Now I'm wearing my hair down


Chorus:

E minor 7Em7
And I feel so free


              B minorBm
Oh it's good to be seventeen


C# minorC#m
Seventeen


E minor 7Em7   B minorBm
Seventeen


C# minorC#m
Seventeen


Post-Chorus:

E minor 7Em7           B minorBm
I will be myself cause I like who I'm becoming


      C# minorC#m
If you're ready come with me, these boots are made for running


   E minor 7Em7           B minorBm
But, I'm sick of running in circles around ya


C# minorC#m
This ain't about ya, this ain't about ya