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At Seventeen by Janis Ian - Guitar Chords
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[Intro]
D Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 (x2)
D Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 Em Emmaj7 E7 Em
I learned the truth at seventeen That love was meant for beauty queens
A7 E5 Em7 A7 D Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7
and high school girls with clear skinned smiles who married young and then retired
D Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7
D Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 Em Emmaj7 E7 Em
The valentines I never knew, the friday nights, charades of youth
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were spent on one more beautiful At seventeen I learned the truth
D Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7
F Em A7
And those of us with ravaged faces, lacking in the social graces
Dm7 Gm7 Dm7 Gm7
Desp'rat'ly remained at home, inventing lovers on the phone
Bb A7 Dm7 Gm7
Who called and say "come dance with me" and murmured vague obscenities
Em7 A7
It isn't all it seems at seventeen
D Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 Em Emmaj7 E7 Em
A brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs, whose name I never could pronounce said
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"Pity, please, the ones who serve, they only get what they deserve
D Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7
D Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 Em Emmaj7 E7 Em
The rich relationed home-town queen, marries into what she needs
A7 E5 Em7 A7 D Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7
A guarantee of company and haven for the elderly"
D Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7
F Em A7
Remember those who win the game, lose the love they sought to gain
Dm7 Gm7 Dm7 Gm7
In debentures of quality and dubious integrity
Bb A7 Dm7 Gm7
Their small town eyes will gape at you in dull surprise when payment due
Em7 A7
exceeds accounts received at seventeen
D Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 (x2)
D Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 Em Emmaj7 E7 Em
To those of us who know the pain of valentines that never came
A7 E5 Em7 A7 D Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7
and those whose name were never called when choosing side at basketball
D Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7
D Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7 Em Emmaj7 E7 Em
It was long ago and far away, the world was younger than today
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and dreams were all they gave for free to ugly duckling girls like me
D Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7
F Em A7
We all play the game and when we dare to cheat ourselves at solitaire
Dm7 Gm7 Dm7 Gm7
Inventing lovers on the phone, repenting other lives unknown
Bb A7 Dm7 Gm7
that call and say "Come dance with me", and murmur vague obscenities
Em7 A7
at ugly girls like me, at seventeen
D Dmaj7 D6 Dmaj7
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