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At Seventeen Ian Janis
[Em] At ugly girls like me, at [A7] seventeen. [D, Em, A7, D]
At Seventeen Janis Ian
Verse 1 I [D] learned the truth at seventeen That [Em] love was meant for beauty queens [A7] And high school girls with clear-skinned smiles [D] Who married young and then retired. The [D] valentines I never knew The [Em] Friday night charades of youth [A7] Were spent on one more beautiful [D] At seventeen I learned the truth.
Chorus 1 And [F] those of us with ravaged faces [Em] Lacking in the [A7] social graces [Dm] Desperately [G7] remained at home [Dm] Inventing lovers [G7] on the phone Who [F] called to say ‘come [A7] dance with me’ [Dm] And murmured vague [G7] obscenities [Em] It isn’t all it seems, at [A7] seventeen.
Verse 2 A [D] brown-eyes girl in hand-me-downs [Em] Whose name I never could pronounce [A7] Said ‘pity please the ones who serve [D] They only get what they deserve’. The [D] rich-relationed home-town queen [Em]Marries into what she needs With a [A7] guarantee of company and [D] haven for the elderly. Chorus 2 [F] Remember those who win the game [Em] Lose the love they [A7] sought to gain In [Dm] debentures of [G7] quality and [Dm] dubious [G7] integrity Whose [F] small-town eyes will [A7] gape at you in [Dm] dull surprise When [G7] payment due [Em] exceeds accounts received At [A7] seventeen.
Verse 3 To [D] those of us who knew the pain Of [Em] valentines that never came And [A7] those whose names were never called [D] When choosing sides for basketball. It was [D] long ago and far away The [Em] world was younger than today [A7] And dreams were all they gave for free [D] To ugly duckling girls like me.
Chorus 3 We all [F] play the game and when we dare [Em] Cheat ourselves at [A7] solitaire [Dm] Inventing lovers [G7] on the phone [Dm] Repenting other [G7] lives unknown Who [F] call and say ‘come [A7] dance with me’ And [Dm] murmur vague [G7] obscenities
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