Chord Chart - Janis Ian - At Seventeen Page 4
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4p.2. At Seventeen
Eb
Ebsus
Eb Dm7
G7
Re-member, those who win the game, lose the love they sought to gain
Cm
Fm
Cm
Fm
In debentures of quality, and dubious in-tegrity
AbMA7
G7
Cm
Fm
Their small-town eyes will gape at you,
in dull surprise,
when payment due
Dm7
G7
G7sus G7
Exceeds accounts received, at seventeen
Interlude: First 2 lines of verse
Cadd9 C
CMA7 C
Dm7
A+ Dm7
To those of us who knew the pain of valentines that never came
G7
G7+
G7
Cadd9
C
CMA7 C6 (x2)
And those whose names were never called, when choosing sides for basket-ball
Cadd9 C
CMA7 C
Dm7
A+ Dm7
It was long ago, and far away, the world was younger than today
G7
G7sus
G7 Cadd9
C
CMA7
C6
(x2)
And dreams were all they gave, for free,
to ugly duckling girls like me
Eb
Ebsus
Eb
Dm7
G7
We all play the game, and when we dare to cheat ourselves at solitaire,
Cm
Fm
Cm
Fm
In-venting lovers on the phone, re-penting other lives unknown
AbMA7
G7
Cm
Fm
That call and say, "Come dance with me,"
and murmur vague ob-scenities
Dm7
G7
G7sus G7
At ugly girls like me, at seventeen
Outro: Cadd9 C CMA7 C6 Cadd9
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