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AT SEVENTEEN - Janis Ian Intro: [Em7/C – C – Em/C - C] I [C7]learned the truth at seventeen That [Dm] love was meant for beauty queens and [G7] high school girls with clear skinned smiles who [C7] married young and then retired The [C7]valentines I never knew, the [Dm] friday nights, charades of youth Were [G7] spent on one more beautiful At [C] seventeen I learned the truth And [Eb] those of us with ravaged faces, [Dm ] lacking in the [G7] social graces [Cm7] Desp'ratly re- [Fm7] mained at home in- [Cm7] venting lovers on the [Fm7] phone Who [Ab] called and say "come [G7] dance with me" and [Cm7] murmured vague ob- [Fm7] scenities It [Dm7] isn't all it seems at [G7] seventeen A [C7] brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs, whose [Dm] name I never could pronounce said [G7] "Pity, please, the ones who serve, [C7] they only get what they deserve. The [C7] rich relationed home-town queen [Dm] marries into what she needs A [G7] guarantee of company and [C] haven for the elderly" [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/j/janis-ian/257106.html ] Re- [Eb] member those who win the game, [Dm] lose the love they [G7] sought to gain In [Cm7] debentures of [Fm7] quality and [Cm7] dubious in- [Fm7] tegrity Their [Ab] small town eyes will [G7] gape at you in [Cm7] dull surprise when [Fm7] payment due Ex- [Dm7] ceeds accounts received at [G7] seventeen To [C7] those of us who know the pain of [Dm] valentines that never came, and [G7] those whose name were never called when [C7] choosing side at basketball It was [C7] long ago and far away The [Dm] world was younger than today and [G7] dreams were all they gave for free to [C] ugly duckling girls like me We all [Eb] play the game and when we dare to [Dm] cheat ourselves at solitaire In- [Cm7] venting lovers [Fm7] on the phone, re- [Cm7] penting other [Fm7] lives unknown that [Ab] call and say "Come [G7]dance with me", and [Cm7] murmur vague ob- [Fm7] scenities at [Dm7] ugly girls like me, at [G7] seventeen chords: Em7/C x32030 Eb x11343 Cm7/A x35343 Fm7 131241 Ab x66544 Dm7 xx0211 |