Chords for At Seventeen (Remastered)

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