Chords for Janis Ian - At Seventeen (Live, 1976)

This song _ was _ written about a [Cm] time in my life when I was _ really weird looking.
_ [G] And [D] there were all [Cm] these girls I was going to school with [G] who were really terrific looking.
And they were [C] like _ cheerleaders and [Ab] very tall and long blonde hair.
[G] And I was very short with curly [Am] dark hair. _ _
_ [C] _ So for cheerleaders.
I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
learned the truth at _ seventeen
[G] That [D] _ love was meant for beauty queens
[G] _ _ And high school girls with clear [C] skinned smiles
_ Who married young and then retired
Though _ _ _ _ _ there were times I never knew
[Gm] The [D] Friday nights charades of [G] youth
_ Were spent on one more beautiful
[C] _ At _ seventeen I learned the truth _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] Those of us with ravaged [Dm] faces
_ _ [G] Lacking in the social _ [A] [Cm] graces
_ _ [Fm] Desperately remained at [Cm] home
_ Inventing [Fm] lovers on [A] the [Ab] phone
Who [G] called to say come dance [Cm] with me
[Fm] In myrmid vague [Dm] obscenities
It isn't all it seems _ [G] At seventeen _ _
_ _ [C] A brown-eyed girl in hand-me [G]-downs
_ [D] Whose name I never could _ [G] pronounce
_ Said pity please the ones who [C] serve
They only get what they deserve _ _ _ _ _
_ _ A rich _ _ relationed hometown [G] queen
_ Marries [Am] into what she needs
With a guarantee [G] _ _
of company
_ [C] _ And haven for the _ elderly _ _ _
Remember _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ those who win the [Dm] game
When they lose the [G] love they sought to gain
[Cm] _ _ Death [Fm]
ensures equality [Cm] _ _ _ [Fm] Dubious integrity
_ [Ab] _ _ Small [G] town eyes with gay [Cm] red shoe
And doll [Fm] surprise
When paid [Dm] to _ _ seeds of counts received [G] At seventeen _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[Cm] _ [G] _ [Cm] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[F] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] To _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ those of us who knew the pain
[Gm] _ _ [Dm] Of [A] valentines [Dm] that never came
[G] _ And those whose names were never called
[C] _ When choosing sites for basketball
_ It _ _ _ was long ago and far away
[D] _ And the [A] world was [D] younger than today
[G] _ And dreams were all they gave for [C] free
_ _ To ugly duckling girls _ like me
_ We [Cm] all play the game when we [Dm] dare
To cheat ourselves [G] it's hard to tear
[Cm] _ Inventing [Fm] lovers on the phone
[Cm] _ Repenting [Fm] of the lives unknown
[Ab] _ We call [G] and say come dance [Cm] with me
Murmur [Fm] vague _ [Dm] obscenities
_ [Am] At ugly [Dm] girls like me [G] at seventeen _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _