At Seventeen Chords by Julia Fordham

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[D] loved the truth at _ [F] seventeen That love was meant for beauty [Am] queens
And high school girls [B] with glistening [G] smiles Who married young and then retired
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_ [Em] The Valentines I never [G] knew [F] The Friday night charades of [C] youth
We spent on [Em] one more beautiful [G] _ At seventeen I loved the [D] truth
[Am] But _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ loss of eyes [Fm] with ravished faces [D] Lacking in [G] the [F] social [Eb] graces
_ Desperately _ [Ab] remained at home [Eb] _ Inventing [G] lovers on [Cm] the phone
Who caught to [G] say, come dance with [Eb] me At murmured [G] faves of [Cm] _ [Bb] seventies
[Ab] It isn't all it _ seems [C] At seventeen
_ [E] A _ _ [D] _ brown eyed girl in [Em] hand he [F] dances Name I never [C] could pronounce
And _ pitifully [B] is the ones who [G] serve [C] They only get what they deserve
[D] _ _ [C] _ The _
[Gm] _ _ [G] _ rich _ [Dm] relationed hometown [F] queen _ Marries [C] into what she needs
With a guarantee [Db] of [E] company [Em] _ [Am] And [G] even for the _ elderly
_ [Am] _ Remember _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] [Bbm] those [Fm] who win the game [D] Lose the love [G] they sought to gain
[Gm] _ In [Ab] debauchers of _ quality [Eb] And _ [G] dubious [Cm] integrity
_ Their small town [G] arms were [Abm] gave their [Gm] due And dull [G] surprise when [Cm] payment due
[Bb] _ Exceeds the counts [Ab] received [F] at [C] seventeen
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_ [Em] _ [D] To [G] _ _ [Em] _ _
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_ _ _ [G] those of us who knew the pain [C] Of _ _ valentines that never came
[F] From those whose names [B] were never [G] called When choosing sides for _ basketball
[D] _ _ It [E] _ _
[D] _ [Am] was [Em] long ago and far away [C] The world was younger [Db] than [C] the day
_ Dreams [E] were all they gave for [Em] free But ugly duckling girls like [D] me
_ _ [E] We _ [Eb] all play the game [Fm] and when we dare We cheat [Abm] ourselves of solitaire
_ [Eb] _ Inventing lovers [Ab] on the phone [Eb] _ Repenting of their [Cm] lives unknown
[C] But [Ab] call and say, [Db] _
come [G] dance [Gm] with me Mermaid [G] make-up _ celebrities
[Ab] _ And ugly girls like _ [Am] me At _ [Em] seventeen _
_ _ [D] _ _ I _ _
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[Am] _ _ [G] _ [D] learned the [G] truth at [Am] seventeen
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