At seventeen - Janis Ian - "At Seventeen" (1975) with Lyric Chords

_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] I learned the truth at seventeen
Their [Dm] love was meant for beauty [G] queens
And high school girls with clear-skinned smiles
[C] Were married young and then [A] retired
_ _ The [C] Valentines I [C] never knew
[Dm] The Friday night [D] charades of youth
[G] Was spent on one more beautiful
[C] At seventeen I learned the truth _
_ [Eb] Those of us with ravaged [D] faces
Lacking [G] in the social [Cm] graces
Desperately [Fm] remained at home
[Cm] Inventing [Fm] lovers on the phone
[Ab] Who called to [G] say come dance with [Cm] me
[Fm] Murmured vague [D] obscenities
[Dm] But isn't all it seems
[G] At seventeen
A [C] brown-eyed girl in hand-me [Dm]-downs
Whose name I never could [G] pronounce
Said, pity please the ones [C] who serve
They only get what they deserve
_ _ An enriched relationed hometown [D] queen
Marries into what she [G] needs
With a guarantee of company
[C] And haven for the elderly _
_ _ [Bb] Remember those who win the [Dm] game
Lose the [G] love they sought to [Cm] gain
In [Fm] debentures of quality
[Cm] And [Fm] dubious integrity
[Ab] The small [G]-town eyes will gape at [Cm] you
And all [Fm] surprise
When [Dm] payment due exceeds accounts received
[G] At seventeen
To _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ those of us who knew the [D] pain
Of [Dm]
Valentines that never came
[G] And those whose names were never [C] called
When choosing sides for basketball
_ _ It was long ago and far away
[Dm] The world was younger than [G] today
And dreams were all they gave for [C] free
To ugly duckling girls like me
We [Eb] all play the game
And when we [Dm] dare
To cheat ourselves [G] it's solitaire
[Cm] Inventing lovers [Fm] on the phone
[Cm] Repenting other [Fm] lives unknown
[Ab] They call and say [G] come dance with me
[Cm] [Fm] Murmured vague [Dm] obscenities
Ugly girls like me
[G] At seventeen _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _