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At Seventeen by Janis Ian
At Seventeen
Verse 1:
C
I learned the truth at seventeen,
Dm
That love was meant for beauty queens.
G7
And high school girls with clear skinned smiles,
C
Who married young and then retired.
C
The Valentines I never knew,
Dm
The Friday nights charades of youth.
G7
Were spent on one more beautiful;
C
At seventeen, I learned the truth.
Chorus 1:
Eb Dm G7
And those of us with ravaged faces, lacking in the social graces,
Cm7 Fm7 Cm7 Fm7
Desperately re-mained at home, inventing lovers on the phone.
Ab G7
Who called and say; "come dance with me",
Cm7 F7
And murmured vague ob-scenities.
Dm7 G7
It isn't all it seems, at seventeen.
Verse 2:
C
A brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs,
Dm
Who's name I never could pronounce,
G7
Said; "pity please, the ones who serve,
C
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".
Chorus 2:
Eb Dm 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
Their small town eyes will gape at you;
Cm7 Fm7
In dull surprise, when payment due;
Dm7 G7
Exceeds accounts received, at seventeen.
Verse 3:
C Dm
To those of us who know the pain, of valentines that never came.
G7
And those whose name were never called,
C
When choosing side at basketball.
C Dm
It was long ago and far away, the world was younger than today.
G7
And dreams were all they gave for free,
C
To ugly duckling girls like me.
Chorus 3:
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
That call and say; "Come dance with me",
Cm7 Fm7
And murmur vague ob-scenities,
Dm7 G7 C, Cmaj7
At ugly girls like me; at seventeen.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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C Dm G7 Eb Dm7 Cm7 Fm7 Ab Cmaj7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x32010 xx0231 323000 x68886 x57565 x35343 131111 466544 x32000
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version 2
I [C]learned the truth at seventeen_ That [Dm]love was meant for beauty queens
and [G7]high school girls with clear skinned smiles who [C]married young and then retired
The [C]valentines I never knew, the [Dm]friday nights, charades of youth
were [G7]spent on one more beautiful_ At [C]seventeen I learned the truth
And [Eb]those of us with ravaged faces, [Dm]lacking in the [G7]social graces
[Cm7]Desp'ratly re[Fm7]mained at home [Cm7]inventing lovers [Fm7]on the phone
Who [Ab]called and say "come [G7]dance with me" and [Cm7]murmured vague ob[Fm7]scenities
[Dm7]It isn't all it seems at [G7]seventeen
A [C]brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs, whose [Dm]name I never could pronounce said
"[G7]Pity, please, the ones who serve, they [C]only get what they deserve.
The [C]rich relationed home-town queen [Dm]marries into what she needs
A [G7]guarantee of company and [C]haven for the elderly"
Re[Eb]member those who win the game, [Dm7]lose the love they [G7]sought to gain
In [Cm7]debentures of [Fm7]quality and [Cm7]dubious in[Fm7]tegrity_
Their [Ab]small town eyes will [G7]gape at you in [Cm7]dull surprise when [F7]payment due
[Dm7]exceeds accounts received at [G7]seventeen
To [C]those of us who know the pain of [Dm]valentines that never came,
and [G7]those whose name were never called when [C]choosing side at basketball
It [C]was long ago and far away_ The [Dm]world was younger than today
and [G7]dreams were all they gave for free to [C]ugly duckling girls like me
We all [Eb]play the game and when we dare to [Dm7]cheat ourselves at [G7]solitaire
In[Cm7]venting lovers [Fm7]on the phone, re[Cm7]penting other [Fm7]lives unknown
that [Ab]call and say "Come [G7]dance with me", and [Cm7]murmur vague ob[Fm7]scenities
[Dm7]at ugly girls like me, at [G7]seventeen[C] [Cmaj7]
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version 3
Capo on 4th
Intro:
Bm7/G* - G - Gmaj7 - Em/G - G* 2x
Bm7/G G Gmaj7 Em/G G*
I learned the truth at seven- teen
Dsus2/A Am E/A Am7
That love was meant for beauty queens
E* D7/F#
and high school girls with clear skinned smiles
Bm7/G G Gmaj7 Em/G G*
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,
Dsus2/A Am E/A Am7
the friday nights, cha- rades of youth
E* D7/F#
Were spent on one more beautiful
Bm7/G G Gmaj7 Em/G G*
At seven- teen I learned the truth
Bm7/G* - G - Gmaj7 - Em/G - G*
Bb
And those of us with ravaged faces,
Am D7/F#
lacking in the social graces
Gm Cm
Desp'ratly re- mained at home
Gm Cm
in- venting lovers on the phone
Eb D Bb6 - Cm6
Who called and say: "come dance with me"
Gm Cm
and murmured vague ob- scenities,
Am7
It isn't all it seems
D7/F#
at seventeen
Bm7/G G Gmaj7 Em/G G*
A brown eyed girl in hand-me- downs,
Dsus2/A Am E/A Am7
whose name I never could pro- nounce
E* D7/F#
said "Pity, please, the ones who serve,
Bm7/G G Gmaj7 Em/G G*
they only get what they de- serve.
Bm7/G* - G - Gmaj7 - Em/G - G*
Bm7/G G Gmaj7 Em/G G*
The rich re- lationed home-town queen
Dsus2/A Am E/A Am7
marries into what she needs
D7/F#
With a guarantee of company
Bm7/G G Gmaj7 Em/G G*
and haven for the elder- ly"
Bm7/G* - G - Gmaj7 - Em/G - G*
Bb
Re- member those who win the game,
Am D7/F#
lose the love they sought to gain
Gm Cm
In debentures of quality
Gm Cm
and dubious in- tegrity
Eb D G*
Their small town eyes will gape at you
Gm Cm
in dull surprise when payment due
Am7
Ex- ceeds accounts received
D7/F#
at seventeen
Break:
Bm7/G* - G - Gmaj7 - EmG - G*
Dsus2/A - Am - E/A - Am7 -
D7/F#
Bm7/G* - G - Gmaj7 - EmG - G*
Bb
Am - D7/F# -
Gm - Cm
Gm - Cm
Eb - 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-----/--------/------/------------/
Bm7/G G Gmaj7 Em/G G*
To those of us who know the pain
Dsus2/A Am E/A Am7
of valen- tines that never came,
D7/F#
and those whose name were never called
Bm7/G G Gmaj7 Em/G G*
when choosing sides at basket- ball
Bm7/G* - G - Gmaj7 - Em/G - G*
Bm7/G G Gmaj7 Em/G G*
It was long a- go and far a- way
Dsus2/A Am E/A Am7
The world was younger than to- day
D7/F#
and dreams were all they gave for free
Bm7/G G Gmaj7 Em/C G*
to ugly duckling girls like me
Bm7/G* - G - Gmaj7 - Em/G - G*
Bb
We all play the game and when we dare
Am D7/F#
to cheat ourselves at solitaire
Gm Cm
In- venting lovers on the phone,
Gm Cm
re- penting other lives unknown
Eb D G*
that call and say "Come dance with me",
Gm Cm
and murmur vague ob- scenities
Am7
at ugly girls like me,
D7/F#
at 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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version 4
Tuning:Standard
CAPO: 5th fret (Sounds in key of C)
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G9 G Gmaj7 G6 G G9 G Gmaj7 G6 G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
(G) G9 G Gmaj7 G6 G A7sus4 Am7 E/A Am7
I learnt the truth at seven - teen, that love was meant for beauty queens,
D9/F#
And high school girls with clear - skinned smiles,
G9 G Gmaj7 G6 G G9 G Gmaj7 G6 G
Who married young, and then re - tired! | / / / / | / / / / |
(G) G9 G Gmaj7 G6 G A7sus4 Am7 E/A Am7
The valen - tines I never knew, the Friday night cha - rades of youth,
D9/F#
Were spent on one more beautiful,
G9 G Gmaj7 G6 G G9 G Gmaj7 G6 G
At seven - teen, I learnt the truth! | / / / / | / / / / |
Bb6 Am7 D7
And those of us with ravaged faces, lacking in the social graces,
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7 Cm7
Desperately re - mained at home, in - venting lovers on the phone,
Ebmaj7 D7 Gm7 Cm7
Who called to say, "Come dance with me!", and murmured vague ob - senities,
Am7 D9/F#
It isn't all it seems... at seventeen!
(G) G9 G Gmaj7 G6
A brown eyed girl in 'hand - me - downs',
G A7sus4 Am7 E/A Am7 D9/F#
Whose name I never could pro- nounce, said,"Pity please, the ones who serve,
G9 G Gmaj7 G6 G G9 G Gmaj7 G6 G
They only get what they de - serve!" | / / / / | / / / / |
(G) G9 G Gmaj7 G6
And the rich re - lationed hometown queen,
G A7sus4 Am7 E/A Am7 D9/F#
Marries into what she needs, with a guarantee of company,
G9 G Gmaj7 G6 G G9 G Gmaj7 G6 G
And haven for the elder - ly! | / / / / | / / / / |
Bb6 Am7 D7
Re - member those who win the game, lose the love they sought to gain,
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7 Cm7
In debentures of quality, and dubious in - tegrity,
Ebmaj7 D7 Gm7
Their small town eyes will gape at you in dull surprise,
Cm7 Am7 D9/F#
When payment due... exceeds accounts recieved, at seventeen!
G9 G Gmaj7 A7sus4 Am7 E/A Am7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
D9/F# G9 G Gmaj7 G6 G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Bb6 Am7 D7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7 Cm7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Ebmaj7 D7 Gm7 Cm7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Am7 D9/F#
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
G9 G Gmaj7 G6 G G9 G Gmaj7 G6 G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
(G) G9 G Gmaj7 G6 G A7sus4 Am7 E/A Am7
To those of us who knew the pain of Valen - tines that never came,
D9/F# G9 G Gmaj7 G6 G
And those whose names were never called when choosing sides for basket ball!
G9 G Gmaj7 G6 G
| / / / / | / / / / |
(G) G9 G Gmaj7 G6 G A7sus4 Am7 E/A Am7
It was long a - go, and far a - way, the world was younger than to - day,
D9/F# G9 G Gmaj7 G6 G
And dreams were all they gave for free to ugly duckling girls... like me!
Bb6 Am7 D7
We all play the game, and when we dare to cheat ourselves at solitaire,
Gm7 Cm7 Gm7 Cm7
In - venting lovers on the phone, re - penting other lives unknown,
Ebmaj7 D7 Gm7 Cm7
That call to say, "Come dance with me!", and murmur vague ob - senities,
Am7 D9/F#
At ugly girls like me... at seventeen!
G9 G Gmaj7 G6 G Gmaj7(type2)
| / / / / | / / / / | / ||
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These are partial chords intended to be played in a latin rhythm,
in a fingerstyle using the thumb for the root notes,
and an upstroke with the index & middle fingers:
G9 = 3x02xx Bb6 = x1303x
G = 3x00xx G7 = 320001
Gmaj7 = 3x40xx D7 = xx0212
G6 = 3x20xx Gm7 = 353333
A7sus4 = x0203x Cm7 = x35343
Am7 = x0201x Ebmaj7 = xx1333
E/A = x0210x Gmaj7(type2) = 320002
D9/F# = 2x021x
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version 5
4 bar intro/filler
C | Cmaj7 | Dm7 | G7 |
|--------3-----------3---0-------|--------3---1-------------------|
|1-----------1---0-----------0---|----1-----------------------0---|
|0---------------0---------------|2-----------------------0-------|
|2---------------2---------------|--------------------3-----------|
|3---------------3---------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------3---------------|
C | Cmaj7 | Dm7 | G7 |
|--------3-----------3---0-------|--------3---1-------------------|
|1-----------1---0-----------0---|----1---------------------------|
|0---------------0---------------|2-----------------------0---0---|
|2---------------2---------------|--------------------3-----------|
|3---------------3---------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------3---------------|
Verse
Csus2 | C | Cmaj7 | C |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3-------3-------1-------1-------|0-------0-------1---------------|
|0---------------0---------------|0---------------0-------0-------|
|2---------------2---------------|2---------------2---------------|
|3---------------3---------------|3---------------3---------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| FM7+6 | | | Faug | FM7+6 |
|0-------0-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|3---------------3-------3-------|2-------2-------3---------------|
|2---------------2-------2-------|2---------------2-------2-------|
|3---------------3-------3-------|3---------------3---------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G13 | G7 | G7sus4 | G7 |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5-------5-------3-------3-------|--------------------------------|
|4---------------4---------------|5-------5-------4-------0-------|
|3---------------3---------------|3---------------3---------------|
|5---------------5---------------|5---------------5---------------|
|3---------------3---------------|----------------3---------------|
Csus2 | C | Cmaj7 | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3-------1-------1-------0-------|0-------1-------1---------------|
|0---------------0---------------|0---------------0-------0-------|
|2---------------2---------------|2---------------2---------------|
|3---------------3---------------|3---------------3---------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Csus2 | C | Cmaj7 | C |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3-------3-------1-------1-------|0-------0-------1---------------|
|0---------------0---------------|0---------------0-------0-------|
|2---------------2---------------|2---------------2---------------|
|3---------------3---------------|3---------------3---------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| FM7+6 | | | Faug | FM7+6 |
|0-------0-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|3---------------3-------3-------|2-------2-------3---------------|
|2---------------2-------2-------|2---------------2-------2-------|
|3---------------3-------3-------|3---------------3---------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G13 | G7 | G7sus4 | G7 |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|5-------5-------3-------3-------|--------------------------------|
|4---------------4---------------|5-------5-------4-------0-------|
|3---------------3---------------|3---------------3---------------|
|5---------------5---------------|5---------------5---------------|
|3---------------3---------------|----------------3---------------|
Csus2 | C | Cmaj7 | C |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3-------1-------1-------0-------|0-------0-------1-------1-------|
|0---------------0---------------|0---------------0---------------|
|2---------------2---------------|2---------------2---------------|
|3---------------3---------------|3---------------3---------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Chorus
| Eb | | | | Ab | | |
|3-------3-------3---------------|4-------3-----------------------|
|4---------------4-------4-------|4---------------6-------4-------|
|3---------------3---------------|5-------------------------------|
|5---------------5---------------|6-------------------------------|
|6---------------6---------------|--------------------------------|
|3---------------3---------------|--------------------------------|
| Dm7 | | | | G | | |
|1-------1-------1---------------|3-------1-----------------------|
|3---------------3-------3-------|3---------------4-------3-------|
|2---------------2---------------|4-------------------------------|
|0---------------0---------------|5-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Cm7 | | | Fm7 | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|4-------4-------4-------3-------|4-------4-------4-------3-------|
|3---------------3---------------|5---------------5---------------|
|5---------------5---------------|3---------------3---------------|
|3---------------3---------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Cm7 | | | Fm7 | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|4-------4-------4-------3-------|4-------4-------4-------3-------|
|3---------------3---------------|5---------------5---------------|
|5---------------5---------------|3---------------3---------------|
|3---------------3---------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| Abmaj9| | | | G7 | | |
|3-------4-------1---------------|1-------3-----------------------|
|1-----------------------4-------|0---------------4-------3-------|
|1-------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
|1-------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
|1-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Cm7 | | | Fm7 | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|4-------4-------4-------3-------|4-------4-------4-------1-------|
|3---------------3---------------|5---------------5---------------|
|5---------------5---------------|3---------------3---------------|
|3---------------3---------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Dm7 | | | Dm7 | | |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|1-------3-------3-------1-------|3-------1-------1-------3-------|
|2---------------2---------------|2---------------2---------------|
|0---------------0---------------|0---------------0---------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| G | | |
|3-------------------------------| Back to verse
|3-------------------------------|
|4-----------------------0-------|
|3-------------------------------|
|5-------------------------------|
|3-------------------------------|
I learned the truth at seventeen,
That love was meant for beauty queens.
In high school, girls with clear-skin smiles,
Who married young and then retired.
The valentines I never knew.
The Friday night charades of youth,
Were spent on one more beautiful.
At seventeen I learned the truth.
And those of us with ravaged faces,
Lacking in the social graces,
Desperately remained at home,
Inventing lovers on the phone.
Who called to say come dance with me.
And murmured vague obscenities.
It isn't all it seems,
At seventeen.
A brown-eyed girl in hand-me-downs.
Whose name I never could pronounce,
Said, "Pity, please, the ones who serve,
They only get what they deserve."
And the rich-relationed, hometown queen,
Marries into what she needs.
With a guarantee of company,
And haven for the elderly.
Remember those who win the game,
Lose the love they sought to gain.
In debentures [3] of quality,
And dubious integrity.
The small-town eyes will gape at you,
In dull surprise, when payment due,
Exceeds accounts received.
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At seventeen.
[Instrumental break.]
To those of us who knew the pain,
Of valentines that never came.
And those whose names were never called,
When choosing sides for basketball.
It was long ago and far away,
The world was younger than today.
And dreams were all they gave for free,
To ugly-duckling girls like me.
We all play the game and when we dare,
To cheat ourselves at solitaire.
Inventing lovers on the phone,
Repenting other lives unknown,
That call and say, come dance with me,
An' murmur vague obscenities,
At ugly girls like me,
At seventeen.
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