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AT SEVENTEEN - Janis Ian
Capo on 4th
Intro:
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I learned the truth at seven- teen
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That love was meant for beauty queens
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and high school girls with clear skinned smiles
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who married young and then re- tired
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The valen- tines I never knew,
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the friday nights, cha- rades of youth
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Were spent on one more beautiful
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At seven- teen I learned the truth
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And Bb those of us with ravaged faces,
Am lacking in theD7/F# social graces
Gm Desp'ratly re-Cm mained at home
in- Gm venting lovers on the Cm phone
WhoEb called and say: "Dcome dance with Bb6me&q
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A brown eyed girl in hand-me- downs,
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whose name I never could pro- nounce
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said "Pity, please, the ones who serve,
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they only get what they de- serve.
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The rich re- lationed home-town queen
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marries into what she needs
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uoCm6t; and Gm murmured vague ob-Cm scenities, It Am7 isn't all it seems at D7/F# seventeenWith a D7/F# guarantee of company
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and haven for the elder- ly"
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Re- Bb member those who win the game,
Am lose the love they D7/F# sought to gain
InGm debentures of Cm quality
andGm dubious in-Cm tegrity
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Their small town eyes will gape at you
inGm dull surprise whenCm payment due
Ex-Am7 ceeds accounts received
atD7/F# seventeen
Break:
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Dsus2/A - Am - E/A - Am7 -
D7/F#
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Bb
Am - D7/F# -
Gm - Cm
Gm - Cm
Eb - D - G*
Gm - Cm
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B|-----1----/-7p5-7p5| |0-3-3-/3-3---3-/3-3---/3-3--------3/
G|-0---0-7s5/-7p5-7p5| |4-4-4-/4-4-4-4-/4-4-4-/4-4--------4/ 2x
D|--2--2----/-7p5----| |5-5-5-/5-5-5-5-/5-5-5-/5-5--------5/
A|0--0-0----/5-------| |5-----/--------/------/------------/
E|----------/--------| |3-----/--------/------/------------/
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To those of us who know the pain
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of valen- tines that never came,
andD7/F# those whose name were never called
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when choosing sides at basket- ball
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It was long a- go and far a- way
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The world was younger than to- day
andD7/F# dreams were all they gave for free
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to ugly duckling girls like me
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We allBb play the game and when we dare
toAm cheat ourselves aD7/F#t solitaire
In-Gm venting loversCm on the phone,
re-Gm penting otherCm lives unknown
Eb D G*
that call and say "Come dance with me",
andGm murmur vague obCm- scenities
at Am7 ugly girls like me,
at D7/F# seventeen
Bm7/G* - G - Gmaj7 - Em/G - G* Bm7/G//
Bm7/G* 32023x
G 3200xx
Gmaj7 3240xx
Em/G 3220xx
G* 320xxx
Bm7/G 3202xx
Dsus2/A x0223x
E/A x0210x
Am7 x0201x
E* 0xxxxx
D7/F# 2x021x
Gm 35533x
Cm x35543
Eb x65343
D x54232
Bb6 xxx333
Cm6 xxx545