Chords for Janis Ian - At Seventeen (Audio)

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