Harry Chapin - She is always seventeen

^Fmaj7She has no fear ^Cmaj7of failure She's not ^Fmaj7bent with broken dr^Geams For the ^Fmaj7future's just beg^Cmaj7inning When you're ^Fmaj7always ^{D Bm Am11} seventeen It was ^Anineteen sixty one when we ^Fmaj7went to Washington She ^Gput her arms around me and said ^E7Camelot's begun We ^Alistened to his visions of ^Fmaj7how our land should be We ^Ggave him our hearts and minds to ^E7send across the sea

^ANineteen sixty three white and ^Fmaj7black upon the land She ^Gbrought me to the monuments and ^E7made us all join hands ^AScarcely six months later she ^Fmaj7held me through the night When we ^Gheard of what had happened in that ^E7brutal Dallas light

Oh, ^Fmaj7she ^Cmaj7is ^Galways ^Bmseventeen She has a ^Fmaj7dream the she will ^Cmaj7lend us And a ^Dlove that we can ^Emborrow There is ^Fmaj7so much joy in^Cmaj7side her She will ^Deven share our ^Emsorrow She's our ^Fmaj7past, our ^Cmaj7present, and our ^Dpromise of to^Gmorrow ^Bm/F#Oh, ^Emtru^Bm/Dly she's the ^Cmaj7only hope I've seen And she is^Fmaj7 always^{D Bm Am11} seventeen

It was ^Anineteen sixty five and we were ^Fmaj7marching once more ^GFrom the burning cities a^E7gainst the crazy war Memphis, ^AL.A. and Chicago we ^Fmaj7bled through sixty eight 'Till she ^Gtook me up to Woodstock saying with ^E7love it's not too late We ^Astarted out the seventies ^Fmaj7living off the land She was ^Gsowing seeds in Denver trying to ^E7make me understand That ^Amankind is woman and ^Fmaj7woman is man And un^Gtil se free each other we ^E7can not free the land

Oh, ^Fmaj7she ^Cmaj7is ^Galways ^Bmseventeen She has a ^Fmaj7dream the she will ^Cmaj7lend us And a ^Dlove that we can ^Emborrow There is ^Fmaj7so much joy in^Cmaj7side her She will ^Deven share our ^Emsorrow She's our ^Fmaj7past, our ^Cmaj7present, and our ^Dpromise of to^Gmorrow ^Bm/F#Oh, ^Emtru^Bm/Dly she's the ^Cmaj7only hope I've seen And she is^Fmaj7 always^{D Bm Am11} seventeen

^ANineteen seventy two, I'm at the ^Fmaj7end of my rope But she was ^Gpicketing the White House chanting the t^E7ruth's the only hope In ^Anineteen seventy five when the ^Fmaj7crooked king was gone She was ^Gfeeding starving children saying the ^E7dream must go on

Oh, ^Fmaj7she ^Cmaj7is ^Galways ^Bmseventeen She has a ^Fmaj7dream the she will ^Cmaj7lend us And a ^Dlove that we can ^Emborrow There is ^Fmaj7so much joy in^Cmaj7side her She will ^Deven share our ^Emsorrow She's our ^Fmaj7past, our ^Cmaj7present, and our ^Dpromise of to^Gmorrow ^Bm/F#Oh, ^Emtru^Bm/Dly she's the ^Cmaj7only hope I've seen And she is^Fmaj7 always^{D Bm Am11} seventeen