Chords for "At Seventeen" by Janis Ian {lyrics}

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_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ I learned [C] the truth at _ seventeen
That [Dm] love was meant for [Am] beauty queens
[G] In high school, girls with clear-skinned smiles
[C] Who married young and then retired
_ [A] The _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ Valentines I never knew
[Dm] The Friday night charades of youth
_ [G] Was spent on one more beautiful
_ At seventeen I learned the truth _ _
_ _ [C] _ [Eb] And those of us with ravaged [D] faces
_ Lacking [G] in the social [Cm] graces
_ Desperately [Fm] remained at [Ab] home
_ [Cm] _ Inventing [Fm] lovers on the phone
[Ab] Who called to [G] say come dance with me
[Cm] _ _
[Fm] Murmured faith of _ [Dm] senatees
It isn't all it seems
_ [G] At seventeen _
_ _ _ _ [C] A brown-eyed girl in hand-me _ [Dm]-downs
Whose name I never could [G] pronounce
_ Said pity please the ones who [C] serve
They only get what they deserve _ _ _
_ _ _ And the rich _ relationed hometown queen
_ _ [D] Marries into what she [Dm] needs
With [G] a guarantee of company
[C] And haven for the elderly _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] Remember _ those who win the [Dm] game
Lose the [G] love they sought to [Cm] gain
In _ [Fm] debentures of _ quality
[Cm] And _ [Fm] dubious [Ab] integrity
_ The small-town [G] eyes will gape at [Cm] you
And all surprise
[Fm] _ When payment [Dm] due
Exceeds accounts _ received [G] At seventeen _
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_ _ _ To those of us who knew the pain
[D] Of _ [Dm]
Valentines that never came
_ [G] And those whose names were never [F] called
[C] When choosing sides for basketball
_ It _ _ _ was long ago and far away
[Dm] _ The world was younger than [G] today
And dreams were all they gave for free
[C] _ To ugly duckling girls _ like me
_ _ We [Eb] all play the game
And when we dare [Dm] to cheat ourselves [G] It's solitaire
_ [Cm] _ Inventing lovers [Fm] on the phone
_ [Cm] Repenting other [Fm] lives unknown
They [Ab] call and [G] say come dance with me
[Cm] _ Murmur [Fm]
vague _ obscenities
[Dm] _ Ugly girls like me at [G] seventeen _ _ _
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