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Seventeen Janis Ian 1

Seventeen Janis Ian 1. C9 0005 0204 C 0003 CM7 0002 Dm 2215 Dm7 2213 Dm6 2212 G7s4 0213 G7 0212 G7s2 0210. C9 C CM7 Am7 I learned the truth at seventeen Dm Dm7 Dm6 Dm7 That love was meant for beauty queens

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Seventeen Janis Ian 1

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  1. Seventeen Janis Ian 1 C9 0005 0204 C 0003 CM7 0002 Dm 2215 Dm7 2213 Dm6 2212 G7s4 0213 G7 0212 G7s2 0210 • C9 C CM7 Am7 • I learned the truth at seventeen • Dm Dm7 Dm6 Dm7 • That love was meant for beauty queens • G7s4 G7 G7s2 G7 • And high school girls with clear skinned smiles • C9 C CM7 Am7 • Who married young and then retired • |C9 C |CM7 Am7 | • C9 C CM7 Am7 • The valentines I never knew • Dm Dm7 Dm6 Dm7 • The Friday night charades of youth • G7s4 G7 G7s2 G7 • Were spent on one more beautiful • C9 C CM7 Am7 • At seven teen I learned the truth • |C9 C |CM7 Am7 |

  2. Eb 0331 Dm 2210 G7 0212 Cm 0333 Fm 1013 AbM7 0343 • Eb • And those of us with ravaged faces • Dm G7 • Lacking in the social graces • Cm Fm • Desperately remained at home • Cm Fm • Inventing lovers on the phone • AbM7 G7 • Who called to say come dance with me • Cm Fm • And murmured vague obscenities • Dm | | • It isn’t all is seems, at • G7 | | • seventeen At Seventeen 2

  3. C9 0005 0204 C 0003 CM7 0002 Dm 2215 Dm7 2213 Dm6 2212 G7s4 0213 G7 0212 G7s2 0210 • C9 C CM7 Am7 • A brown eyed girl in hand me downs • Dm Dm7 Dm6 Dm7 • Whose name I never could pronounce • G7s4 G7 G7s2 G7 • Said pity please the ones who serve • C9 C CM7 Am7 • The only get what they deserve • |C9 C |CM7 Am7 | • C9 C CM7 Am7 • And the rich re lationed home town queen • Dm Dm7 Dm6 Dm7 • Marries into what she needs • G7s4 G7 G7s2 G7 • A guarantee of company • C9 C CM7 Am7 • And haven for the elderly • |C9 C |CM7 Am7 | Seventeen 3

  4. Eb 0331 Dm 2210 G7 0212 Cm 0333 Fm 1013 AbM7 0343 • Eb • Re member those who win the game • Dm G7 • Lose the love they sought to gain • Cm Fm • In debentures of quality • Cm Fm • And dubious integrity • AbM7 G7 • Their small town eyes will gape at you • Cm Fm • In dull surprise when payment due • Dm | | • Exceeds accounts received at • G7 | | • seventeen • |C9 C |CM7 Am7 | Seventeen 4

  5. C9 0005 0204 C 0003 CM7 0002 Dm 2215 Dm7 2213 Dm6 2212 G7s4 0213 G7 0212 G7s2 0210 • C9 C CM7 Am7 • To those of us who knew the pain • Dm Dm7 Dm6 Dm7 • Of valentines that never came • G7s4 G7 G7s2 G7 • And those whose names were never called • C9 C CM7 Am7 • When choosing sides at basketball • |C9 C |CM7 Am7 | • C9 C CM7 Am7 • It was long ago and far away • Dm Dm7 Dm6 Dm7 • The world was younger than today • G7s4 G7 G7s2 G7 • And dreams were all they gave for free • C9 C CM7 Am7 • To ugly duckling girls like me • |C9 C |CM7 Am7 | Seventeen 5

  6. Eb 0331 Dm 2210 G7 0212 Cm 0333 Fm 1013 AbM7 0343 • Eb • We all play the game and when we dare • Dm G7 • To cheat ourselves at solitaire • Cm Fm • In venting lovers on the phone • Cm Fm • Repenting other lives unknown • AbM7 G7 • That call and say come dance with me • Cm Fm • And murmur vague obscenities • Dm | | • At ugly girls like me at • G7 / / / |G7! . . . | • seventeen • |C9 C |CM7 C | • |C9 C |CM7 C! Seventeen LAST

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