When I Was Seventeen Chords by David Meece

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[Bb] I didn't know why, [F] I didn't know [G] why.
Mama tried to [Am] do the best that she could. _
[G] _ She just didn't understand.
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[G] All the confusion [Am] I was feeling inside.
[Bb] I didn't know why, [F] I didn't know [C] why.
[Dm] I'm feeling so [Am] alone. _
[Dm] I wish back then [G] I'd known. _
When I was [C] seventeen. _ _ _
[Am] _ You were calling.
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[Am] While I was falling.
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[F] When [G] I was [C] seventeen. _ _ _
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[Am] _ _ _ [F] _ [G] You started [Em] home to [Am] the senior [E] prom.
[G] I felt like [C] no [F] one at all.
_ [G] You're just a shadow [Am] in a crowded [C] room.
[Bb] I didn't know why, [F] I didn't know [C] why.
[Dm] I thought _ _
[Am] _ I'd seen.
While [Dm] your love screamed out [G] my name.
_ When I was seventeen.
[C] _ _ _ _ [A] You were [C] calling.
_ _ _ [Am] While I was [C] falling.
_ _ _ [F] When [G] I was _
[C] seventeen.
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[G] I'm sure I [Am] heard you died for me.
[F] I [G] heard about [C] the cross. _
[Am] But all the pain [Em] was burned in deep.
[F] It took so long [G] to hear your _
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[A] _ voice.
_ [D] You _ _
[Bm] _ were calling.
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[Bm] _ While I was [D] falling. _ _ _
[G] When [A] I was _ [D] seventeen. _
[G] You were _ [A] _ _ [D] _ calling. _
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[G] _ [A] While I was [D] seventeen. _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] When [D] I was _
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[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ seventeen.
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Found a photo [Bm] of my mom and dad.
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[A] A few tears later [D] I could see. _ _
[A] _ How much you loved [Bm] them. _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ Seventeen.
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_ [D] Na-na-na _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [D] _ -na-na _ _
[Bm] _ [G]-na-na
When I [A] was _ seventeen. _
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