Artist: Janis Ian Song: At seventeen Tabbed by: DJ 10th Dec 2012 CAPO: 5th fret (Sounds in key of C) These are partial chords intended to be played in a latin rhythm, in a fingerstyle using the thumb for the root notes, and an upstroke with the index & middle fingers: Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo: G9 = 3x02xx Bb6 = x1303x G = 3x00xx G7 = 320001 Gmaj7 = 3x40xx D7 = xx0212 G6 = 3x20xx Gm7 = 353333 A7sus4 = x0203x Cm7 = x35343 Am7 = x0201x Ebmaj7 = xx1333 E/A = x0210x Gmaj7(type2) = 320002 D9/F# = 2x021x Here's a link to Janis playing the song live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMUz2TNMvL0 **

| ^G9/ / ^G/ / | ^Gmaj7 / / ^G6/ ^G/ | ^G9/ / ^G/ / | ^Gmaj7 / / ^G6/ ^G/ |

(G) G9 G Gmaj7 G6 G A7sus4 Am7 E/A Am7 I learnt the truth at seven - teen, that love was meant for beauty queens,

And ^D9/F#high school girls with clear - skinned smiles, Who ma^G9rried yo^Gung, and ^Gmaj7then re - t^G6ired!^G | ^G9/ / ^G/ / |^Gmaj7 / / ^G6/ ^G/ |

(G) G9 G Gmaj7 G6 G A7sus4 Am7 E/A Am7 The valen - tines I never knew, the Friday night cha - rades of youth,

Were ^D9/F#spent on one more beautiful, At se^G9ven - t^Geen, I ^Gmaj7learnt the t^G6ruth!^G | ^G9/ / ^G/ / | ^Gmaj7 / / ^G6/ ^G/ |

And ^Bb6those of us with ravaged faces,^Am7 lacking in the s^D7ocial graces, Des^Gm7perately re - m^Cm7ained at home, in - ve^Gm7nting lovers^Cm7 on the phone, Who ^Ebmaj7called to say, "C^D7ome dance with me!&qu^Gm7ot;, and murmured vag^Cm7ue ob - senities, ^Am7 It isn't all it seems... at se^D9/F#venteen!

(G) G9 G Gmaj7 G6 A brown eyed girl in 'hand - me - downs',

Wh^Gose ^A7sus4name I n^Am7ever c^E/Aould pro- no^Am7unce, said,&^D9/F#quot;Pity please, the ones who serve, They o^G9nly g^Get what ^Gmaj7they de - s^G6erve!&q^Guot; ^G9 | /^G / / ^Gmaj7/ | /^G6 /^G / / |

(G) G9 G Gmaj7 G6 And the rich re - lationed hometown queen,

^G ^A7sus4Marries ^Am7into ^E/Awhat she n^Am7eeds, with a gu^D9/F#arantee of company, And ha^G9ven f^Gor the ^Gmaj7elder - ^G6ly! ^G | ^G9/ / ^G/ / | ^Gmaj7 / / ^G6/ ^G/ |

Re - m^Bb6ember those who win the game, l^Am7ose the love they so^D7ught to gain, In deb^Gm7entures of q^Cm7uality, and du^Gm7bious in - t^Cm7egrity, Their ^Ebmaj7small town eyes will g^D7ape at you in ^Gm7dull surprise, When p^Cm7ayment due..^Am7. exceeds accounts recieved, at se^D9/F#venteen!

| ^G9 / / ^G/ / | ^Gmaj7 / / / / |^A7sus4 / / ^Am7/ / | ^E/A / / ^Am7 / / | | ^D9/F# / / / / | / / / / | ^G9/ / ^G/ / | ^Gmaj7 / / ^G6/ ^G/ |

| ^Bb6 / / / / | / / / / | ^Am7 / / / / | ^D7/ / / / | | ^Gm7 / / / / | ^Cm7 / / / / | ^Gm7/ / / / | ^Cm7 / / / / |

|^Ebmaj7 / / / / | ^D7/ / / / | ^Gm7 / / / / | ^Cm7 / / / / | | ^Am7 / / / / | / / / / | ^D9/F# / / / / | / / / / |

| ^G9 / / ^G/ / | ^Gmaj7 / / ^G6/ ^G/ | ^G9/ / ^G/ / | ^Gmaj7 / / ^G6/ ^G/ |

(G) G9 G Gmaj7 G6 G A7sus4 Am7 E/A Am7 To those of us who knew the pain of Valen - tines that never came,

And ^D9/F#those whose names were never called when cho^G9osing si^Gdes for ^Gmaj7basket ^G6ball^G! | ^G9/ / ^G/ / |^Gmaj7 / / ^G6/ ^G/ |

(G) G9 G Gmaj7 G6 G A7sus4 Am7 E/A Am7 It was long a - go, and far a - way, the world was younger than to - day,

And d^D9/F#reams were all they gave for free to u^G9gly duc^Gkling ^Gmaj7girls..^G6. like ^Gme!

We all p^Bb6lay the game, and when we dare to ch^Am7eat ourselves at soli^D7taire, In - ve^Gm7nting lovers ^Cm7on the phone, re - pe^Gm7nting other l^Cm7ives unknown, That ^Ebmaj7call to say, "C^D7ome dance with me!&qu^Gm7ot;, and murmur vag^Cm7ue ob - senities, ^Am7 At ugly girls like me... at se^D9/F#venteen!

| ^G9/ / ^G/ / | ^Gmaj7 / / ^G6/ ^G/ |^Gmaj7(type2) / ||

Janis Ian - At seventeen