17 Chords by Rick James

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[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ I don't care how good it can be, [Eb] acting young and shy.
But _ _ the curiosity was flashing in her eyes.
_ _ _ She'd seen my face before and thought she knew me well.
_ So I said, shall we talk some more?
Well, come to [Ebm] my hotel.
_ She was only seventeen, seventeen.
But [Eb] she was sexy.
_ She was [Ebm] only [Db] seventeen, seventeen.
She [Eb] said she loved me.
_ Seventeen years out, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
seventeen years out.
_ _ I would talk all night, never even touch.
_ _ _ We would talk all night, I wanted [Ebm] her that much.
_ _ She said she read a magazine, [Eb] and said I was a freak.
_ _ _ You'll never know the man's the gal, till you [Ebm] take a peek.
_ She was only seventeen, seventeen.
And [Eb] she was sexy.
_ She was [Ebm] only [Db] seventeen, [B] seventeen.
But she was young and fine, oh so [Ab] tender.
Would I break down tonight and surrender?
[B] Like this young girl, this sweet thing, I just can't break.
[Ab] And you know I'm a sentinel, this cheap [Eb] old moose, get off me!
_ _ [Ebm] Seventeen years out, _ [Ebm] _ _ seventeen [Eb] years out.
_ _ A little girl came up to me, acting young and shy.
_ _ I said the curiosity was flashing in her eyes.
_ _ [Ebm] She'd seen my face before, felt [Eb] she knew me well. _
_ _ So I just said we'd talk tomorrow, but I'll come to my hotel. _
She was only seventeen, seventeen.
[Eb] But she was sexy. _
She was only [Db] seventeen, [B] seventeen.
And she was young and fine, oh so [Abm] tender.
Would I break down tonight and surrender?
[C] _ _
[Ebm] _ _ [C] _ _ Seventeen years out. _
[Ebm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] Seventeen [Db] years out.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] Seventeen [Ab] years out.
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ Seventeen [C] years out.
[Ebm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Ebm] _ [C] Seventeen years out.
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [B] Seventeen and young and fine and oh so [Abm] tender.
Would I break down tonight [B] and surrender?
This young girl, this sweet thing, I just can't [Abm] break.
No, I shoulda knew this cheap old hotel thing. _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [Abm] _ Come here, young [Ebm] girl. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Seventeen years old, _ seventeen is sexy.
_ _ Seventeen years old, _ seventeen is sexy.
[Eb] Will we be with me then?
Seventeen years old, she was always sexy.
Seventeen years [Ebm] sexy, this baby ain't changed.
Seventeen years old, she's my [Ebm] age of fifteen.
Seventeen years sexy.
_ _ [Eb] Seventeen years old, she was always sexy.
Seventeen years sexy, this [Ebm] baby ain't changed yet.
Seventeen years old, she was easy to tame.
Seventeen years sexy.
Seventeen years old, _ _ seventeen is sexy.
_ _ Seventeen years old.
_ _ Selenity and sex syndrome.
You're the man that they want.
Selenity is all around.
_ Selenity and sex syndrome.
_ Selenity is all around.
_ Selenity and sex syndrome. _ _ _
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