Chords for Janis Ian - At Seventeen Lyric Video

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