17 chords by Mahalia

Intro:
Em7    Bm    x3
Em7

Verse 1:

Em7               Bm            Em7         Bm
See, as people we try to please one another


            Em7          Bm                        Em7      Bm
In order to be equal, we lie so we don't have to suffer


           Em7              Bm               Em7        Bm
But I'm tired of hiding for the benefit of my peers

                  Em7
What's so wrong with shining?


Bm                            Em7
Why've you got so much fear?


Bm

Pre-Chorus:

         G
I got my skin all out


       F#m                      Em7
I don't care, I'm proud to be me


Yeah

      G
I was scared to stand out


          F#m
Now I'm wearing my hair down


Chorus:

Em7
And I feel so free


                            Bm
Oh it's good to be seventeen


C#m
Well I feel so free


                      Em7      Bm
Oh it's good to be seventeen


C#m
Seventeen


Verse 2:

        Em7          Bm       Em7              Bm
See, as teenagers we think we have to blend in


                      Em7          Bm                      Em7            Bm
But if you want to be greater than this, there's no use in pretending


        Em7                            Bm                  Em7       Bm
Cause I tried to change myself for the benefit of my friends


                 Em7
Well now it's time to wave goodbye cause


Bm                          Em7
My used-to-be's are at an end


Bm

Pre-Chorus:

         G
I got my skin all out


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


Yeah

      G
I was scared to stand out


          F#m
Now I'm wearing my hair down



Chorus:

Em7
And I feel so free


                            Bm
Oh it's good to be seventeen


C#m
Well I feel so free


                      Em7      Bm
Oh it's good to be seventeen


C#m
Seventeen



Post-Chorus:

Em7                      Bm
I will be myself cause I like who I'm becoming


            Em7                       Bm
If you're ready come with me, these boots are made for running


     Em7                      Bm
But, I'm sick of running in circles around ya


Em7
This ain't about ya, this ain't about ya



Pre-Chorus:

         G
I got my skin all out


       F#m                      Em7
I don't care, I'm proud to be me


Yeah

      G
I was scared to stand out


          F#m
Now I'm wearing my hair down


Chorus:

Em7
And I feel so free


                           Bm
Oh it's good to be seventeen


C#m
Seventeen


Em7     Bm
Seventeen


C#m
Seventeen


Post-Chorus:

Em7                      Bm
I will be myself cause I like who I'm becoming


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


     Em7                      Bm
But, I'm sick of running in circles around ya


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