When I Was Seventeen Chords by David Meece

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[C] _ _ _ [F] _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ [F] _ [A] _ _ _ [Gm] _
[C] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _
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[G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[G] _ I didn't [F] know _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _
[Bb] _ _ why.
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[G] _ Mama tried to [Am] do the best that she could.
[G] _ She just didn't [F] understand. _ _
[G] _ All the confusion [Am] I was feeling inside.
[Bb] I didn't know why.
[F] I didn't know [C] why [Dm] I'm feeling so [Am] alone. _ _
[Dm] The foolish fact that [G] I know. _ _
When I was [C] seventeen. _ _ _
[Am] _ You were [C] calling. _ _ _
[Am] While I was [C] falling. _ _ _
[F] When [G] I was _ [C] seventeen. _ _
[Am] _ _ [G] Say.
[C] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [F] _ [G] You started [Em] home to [A] the [Em] senior prom.
[G] I felt like no [F] one at all.
_ _ _ [G] Just a shadow [Am] in a crowded [C] room.
[Bb] I didn't know why.
[F] I didn't know [C] why [Dm] I thought it was [Am] to blame.
Why [Dm] your love screamed out [G] my name.
_ When I was seventeen.
[C] _ _ _ _ [A] You were [C] calling.
_ _ _ [Am] While I was [C] falling.
_ _ _ [F] When [G] I was _
[C] seventeen.
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[G] _ Sure I [Am] heard you died for me.
[Fm] I [G] heard about [C] the [G] cross. _
[Am] But all the pain [Em] was burned empty.
[F] It took so long [G] to hear your voice.
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[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ You were calling.
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[Bm] While I was [D] falling. _ _ _
[G] When [A] I was _ [D] seventeen. _
[G] You were [A] saying.
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[Bm] _ You were [D] calling me.
While I _
[Bm] _ was [D] falling. _ _ _
[G] When [A] I was _ [D] seventeen. _ _
[G] Oh.
[A] _ _ [D] You were calling _
[Bm] _ _ _ me.
When _
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_ I was [D] _ seventeen. _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] I found a photo of [Bm] my mom and dad.
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[A] A few tears [D] later I could see. _ _
[A] _ How much you loved that [Bm] long. _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ Seventeen. _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D]
Na na _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[D] na na na _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ [D] na na na na. _ _
[G] _ I [A] was _ seventeen.
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