Chords for Brazzaville: 17

Take me to your [Dm] _ house
[Em] And show me to all [Bm] your [G] family _
I don't care [F] [Dm] about _
[Em] The fool [G] that it makes me seem
Cause I know that you're [B] seventeen
_ And [D] I'm [E] just an [Am] aging _ dandy
The world is light [B] and dark _
[D] And we live in [Am] between _ _
When I was [F] a boy
_ [G]
I wandered the streets [D] of [G] downtown
_ [C] _
Staring at the [F] sky _
[Em] And feeling that I didn't belong
[C] _ [G]
In a world where the [B] genitals seem wrong
[D] And teeth get knocked [Am] out on Sundays
I lay down in [D] the [B] shower _
[E] And make it go [C] away _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Em] _ _ This baby _ [C] was _
_ _ My [Dm] _ _ _
[E] lovely _ _ _ [Am] _ girl
And I know that you're [B] seventeen _
[Ab] And I'm [E] just an [C] aging [G] dandy
[Am] The world is light [Bm] and dark
[E] And we live in [Am] between _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
When I was a [Dm] boy
[Em] I wandered the [D] streets of [G] downtown _
_ Staring at [F] the [Dm] sky _
[Em] And feeling [G] that I didn't belong _
In a world where the [B] genitals seem wrong _
[E] And teeth get knocked [Am] out on Sundays
I lay down in [Dm] the shower
And [E] make it go [Am] _ away _
_ _ _ This [Dm] _ _ _
[Em] baby _ _ _ was _
_ My _ [F] _ _ _
[E] lovely _ _ _ [C] _ girl _
_ _ [F] _ [C] This [F] _ _ [C]
[Em] baby _ _ _ _ was _
_ My _ [F] _ _ _ _
[E] lovely _ _ [Am] _ girl
Cause I know that you're [B] seventeen _ _ _
[Ab] And [E] I'm just an [Am] aging _ dandy
The world is light [Bm] and dark _
[E] And we live in [Am] between _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _