At Seventeen Janis Ian
AT SEVENTEEN - Janis Ian
Capo on 4th
Intro:
Bm7/G* - G - Gmaj7 - Em/G - G* 2x
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I learned the truth at seven- teen
That[Dsus2/A] love was[Am] meant for [E/A] beauty [Am7] queens
E* D7/F#
and high school girls with clear skinned smiles
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who married young and then re- tired
Bm7/G* - G - Gmaj7 - Em/G - G*
Bm7/G G Gmaj7 Em/G G*
The valen- tines I never knew,
the[Dsus2/A] friday[Am] nights, cha-[E/A] rades of [Am7] youth
E* D7/F#
Were spent on one more beautiful
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At seven- teen I learned the truth
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And [Bb] those of us with ravaged faces,
[Am] lacking in the[D7/F#] social graces
[Gm] Desp'ratly re-[Cm] mained at home
in- [Gm] venting lovers on the [Cm] phone
Who[Eb] called and say: "come [D] dance with me" [Bb6] [-] [Cm6]
and [Gm] murmured vague ob-[Cm] scenities,
It [Am7] isn't all it seems
at [D7/F#] seventeen
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A brown eyed girl in hand-me- downs,
whose[Dsus2/A] name I [Am] never [E/A] could pro-[Am7] nounce
E* D7/F#
said "Pity, please, the ones who serve,
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they only get what they de- serve.
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The rich re- lationed home-town queen
[Dsus2/A] marries[Am] into [E/A] what she [Am7] needs
With a [D7/F#] guarantee of company
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and haven for the elder- ly"
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Re- [Bb] member those who win the game,
[Am] lose the love they [D7/F#] sought to gain
In[Gm] debentures of [Cm] quality
and[Gm] dubious in-[Cm] tegrity
Eb D G*
Their small town eyes will gape at you
in[Gm] dull surprise when[Cm] payment due
Ex-[Am7] ceeds accounts received
at[D7/F#] seventeen
Break:
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[Dsus2/A] [-] [Am] [-] [E/A] [-] [Am7] [-]
[D7/F#]Bm7/G* - G - Gmaj7 - EmG - G*
[Bb]
[Am] [-] [D7/F#] [-]
[Gm] [-] [Cm]
[Gm]Eb [-]- [Cm]D - G*
[Gm] [-] [Cm]
e|-------7s5/-----7p5| |--2-3-/2-------/2-----/--2-3-2-3--2/ B|-----1----/-7p5-7p5| |0-3-3-/3-3---3-/3-3---/3-3--------3/ G|-0---0-7s5/-7p5-7p5| |4-4-4-/4-4-4-4-/4-4-4-/4-4--------4/ 2x D|--2--2----/-7p5----| |5-5-5-/5-5-5-5-/5-5-5-/5-5--------5/ A|0--0-0----/5-------| |5-----/--------/------/------------/ E|----------/--------| |3-----/--------/------/------------/
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To those of us who know the pain
of[Dsus2/A] valen-[Am] tines that [E/A] never [Am7] came,
and[D7/F#] those whose name were never called
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when choosing sides at basket- ball
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It was long a- go and far a- way
The[Dsus2/A] world was[Am] younger [E/A] than to-[Am7] day
and[D7/F#] dreams were all they gave for free
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to ugly duckling girls like me
Bm7/G* - G - Gmaj7 - Em/G - G*
We all[Bb] play the game and when we dare
to[Am] cheat ourselves a[D7/F#]t solitaire
In-[Gm] venting lovers[Cm] on the phone,
re-[Gm] penting other[Cm] lives unknown
Eb D G*
that call and say "Come dance with me",
and[Gm] murmur vague ob[Cm]- scenities
at [Am7] ugly girls like me,
at [D7/F#] seventeen
Bm7/G* - G - Gmaj7 - Em/G - G* Bm7/G//
Bm7/G* 32023x
G 3200xx
Gmaj7 3240xx
Em/G 3220xx
G* 320xxx
Bm7/G 3202xx
Dsus2/A x0223x
E/A x0210x
Am7 x0201x
E* 0xxxxx
D7/F# 2x021x
Gm 35533x
Cm x35543
Eb x65343
D x54232
Bb6 xxx333
Cm6 xxx545
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