At Seventeen

C       x32010
Cadd9   x32030
Cmaj7   x32000
C6      x32210
D7sus4  xx0213
Dm7     xx0211
A/D     xx0220
G7/B    x20001
Eb      x65343
G7      320001
Cm7     x35343
Fm7     131111
Abmaj7  xx6543




Cadd9  C     Cmaj7 C6   C           D7sus4  Dm7   A/D   Dm7
e  |---------------------------------------3---1-1---0-0---1-1---------|
B  |--3---1-1---0-0------------------------1---1-1---2-2---1-1---------|
G  |--0---0-0---0-0---2-2--0---------------2---2-2---2-2---2-2---------|
D  |--2---2-2---2-2---2-2--2---------------0---0-0---0-0---0-0---------|
A  |--3---3-3---3-3---3-3--3-------------------------------------------|
E  |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
I learned the truth at seventeen, that love was meant for beauty queens

G7/B
e  |----1--1-1--1-1--1-1----------|
B  |----0--0-0--0-0--0-0----------|
G  |----0--0-0--0-0--0-0----------|
D  |------------------------------|
A  |----2--2-2--2-2--2-2----------|
E  |------------------------------|
and high school girls with clear skinned smiles

    Cadd9  C     Cmaj7 C6   C
e  |------------------------------|
B  |--3---1-1---0-0---------------|
G  |--0---0-0---0-0---2-2--0------|
D  |--2---2-2---2-2---2-2--2------|
A  |--3---3-3---3-3---3-3--3------|
E  |------------------------------|
who married young and then retired


 Cadd9
the valentines I never knew, the friday night charades of youth
were spent on one more beautiful, at seventeen I learned the truth



     D#                              Dm7            G7
And those of us with ravaged faces, lacking in the social graces
 Cm7           Fm7             Cm7              Fm7
desperately remained at home, inventing lovers on the phone
     G#maj7               G7                  Cm7              Fm7
who called to say: “come dance with me”, and murmured vague obscenities
Dm7                   G7/B
it isn't all it seems at seventeen


 Cadd9
A brown eyed girl in hand me downs, whose name I never could pronounce
said: “pity please the ones who serve, they only get what they deserve”
the rich relationed hometown queen, marries into what she needs
with a guarantee of company and haven for the elderly

       D#
So remember those who win the game lose the love they sought to gain
in debentures of quality and dubious integrity
their small-town eyes will gape at you in dull surprise when payment due
exceeds accounts received, at seventeen


solo

 Cadd9
To those of us who knew the pain of valentines that never came
and those whose names were never called when choosing sides for basketball
it was long ago and far away the world was younger than today
and dreams were all they gave for free to ugly duckling girls like me


        D#
We all play the game, and when we dare, we cheat ourselves at solitaire
inventing lovers on the phone, repenting other lives unknown
they call and say: “come dance with me”, and murmured vague obscenities
At ugly girls like me, at seventeen


Uittro:
e  |--------------------------------0----|
B  |--3-3-3-1-1---0-0--0------------0----|
G  |--0-0-0-0-0---0-0--0---2-2--0---0----|
D  |--2-2-2-2-2---2-2--2---2-2--2---2----|
A  |--3-3-3-3-3---3-3--3---3-3--3---3----|
E  |--------------------------------3----|