At Seventeen - Janis Ian | Guitar Chords | VChords

[Verse 1]
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         Cadd9
I learned     the truth at seventeen
         Dm7
That love   was meant for beauty queens
Amadd11/D                                              Cadd9
         And high school girls with clearskinned smiles
Who married young and then retired
       Cadd9
The valentines I never knew
       Dm7
The Friday night charades of youth
Amadd11/D                                Cadd9
         Were spent on one more beautiful
At seventeen I learned the truth

[Chorus (1)]
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         Cm/Eb
And those     of us with ravaged faces
Dm7                 Amadd11/D
   Lacking in the social graces
Cm/Eb               Fm/C
Desperately remained    at home
  Cm/Eb            Fm/C
Inventing lovers on    the phone
    Ebsus4                    Amadd11/D
Who called to say, "Come dance         with me"
Cm/Eb                  Fm/C
     And murmured vague    obscenities
Dm7
   It isn't all it seems
   Amadd11/D
At seventeen

[Verse 2]
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       Cadd9
A browneyed girl in handmedowns
Dm7
   Whose name I never could pronounce
Amadd11/D
         Said, "Pity, please, the ones who serve
Cadd9
     They only get what they deserve"
            Cadd9
And the rich     relationed hometown queen
Dm7
Marries into what she needs
           Amadd11/D
With a guarantee of company
    Cadd9
And haven for the elderly

[Chorus (2)]
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     Cm/Eb
Remember those who win the game
Dm7                      Amadd11/D
Lose the love they sought         to gain
   Cm/Eb             Fm/C
In debentures of quality
    Cm/Eb        Fm/C
And dubious integrity
      Ebsus4               Amadd11/D
Their small town eyes will gape     at you
       Cm/Eb        Fm/C
In dull     surprise    when payment due
Dm7
   Exceeds accounts received
   Amadd11/D
At seventeen

[Solo]
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Cadd9     | Dm7   | Amadd11/D | Cadd9  
Cm/Eb     | Dm7   | Amadd11/D | Cm/Eb  
Fm/C      | Cm/Eb | Fm/C      | Ebsus4 
Amadd11/D | Cm/Eb | Fm/C      | Dm7    
Amadd11/D | Cadd9 

[Verse 3]
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        Cadd9
To those     of us who knew the pain
   Dm7
Of valentines that never came
Amadd11/D
         And those whose names were never called
Cadd9
     When choosing sides for basketball
           Cadd9
It was long     ago and far away
Dm7
   The world was younger than today
Amadd11/D
         When dreams were all they gave for free
Cadd9
     To ugly duckling girls like me

[Chorus (3)]
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       Cm/Eb
We all play the game and when we dare
   Dm7                   Amadd11/D
To cheat ourselves at solitaire
  Cm/Eb            Fm/C
Inventing lovers on    the phone
  Cm/Eb              Fm/C
Repenting other lives    unknown
     Ebsus4                    Amadd11/D
They call  and say, "Come dance         with me"
Cm/Eb                Fm/C
     And murmur vague    obscenities
Dm7
   At ugly girls like me
   Amadd11/D
At seventeen

[Outro]
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Cadd9