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	C	Dm
I	learned the truth at seventeen_ That	love was meant for beauty queens

	G7	C
and	high school girls with clear skinned smiles who	married young and then retired

	C	Dm
The	valentines I never knew, the	friday nights, charades of youth

	G7	C
were	spent on one more beautiful_ At	seventeen I learned the truth

	Eb	Dm	G7
And	those of us with ravaged faces,	lacking in the	social graces

	Cm7	Fm7	Cm7	Fm7
	Desp'ratly re	mained at home	inventing lovers	on the phone

	Ab	G7	Cm7	Fm7
Who	called and say "come	dance with me" and	murmured vague ob	scenities

	Dm7	G7
	It isn't all it seems at	seventeen

	C	Dm
A	brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs, whose	name I never could pronounce said

	G7	C
"	Pity, please, the ones who serve, they	only get what they deserve.

	C	Dm
The	rich relationed home-town queen	marries into what she needs

	G7	C
A	guarantee of company and	haven for the elderly"

	Eb	Dm7	G7
Re	member those who win the game,	lose the love they	sought to gain

	Cm7	Fm7	Cm7	Fm7
In	debentures of	quality and	dubious in	tegrity_

	Ab	G7	Cm7	F7
Their	small town eyes will	gape at you in	dull surprise when	payment due

	Dm7	G7
	exceeds accounts received at	seventeen

	C	Dm
To	those of us who know the pain of	valentines that never came,

	G7	C
and	those whose name were never called when	choosing side at basketball

	C	Dm
It	was long ago and far away_ The	world was younger than today

	G7	C
and	dreams were all they gave for free to	ugly duckling girls like me

	Eb	Dm7	G7
We all	play the game and when we dare to	cheat ourselves at	solitaire

	Cm7	Fm7	Cm7	Fm7
In	venting lovers	on the phone, re	penting other	lives unknown

	Ab	G7	Cm7	Fm7
that	call and say "Come	dance with me", and	murmur vague ob	scenities

	Dm7	G7	C	Cmaj7
	at ugly girls like me, at	seventeen

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At Seventeen

Janis Ian

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