{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1471827,"song":"At Seventeen","artist":"Janis Ian","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11265134-at-seventeen-chords-by-janis-ian/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1471827?type=chord","rating":4.64791,"votes":147,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]  [ch]D6[/ch]  [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]  (x2)\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Dmaj7[/ch] [ch]D6[/ch]   [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Emmaj7[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI learned the truth at seventeen      That love was meant for beauty queens[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]E5[/ch]    [ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]A7[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]  [ch]D6[/ch]       [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nand high school girls with clear skinned smiles who married young  and then retired[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]  [ch]D6[/ch]  [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Dmaj7[/ch] [ch]D6[/ch]      [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Emmaj7[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe valentines  I never knew, the friday nights, charades of youth[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A7[/ch]       [ch]E5[/ch]       [ch]Em7[/ch]      [ch]A7[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]  [ch]D6[/ch]          [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nwere spent on one more beautiful   At seventeen I  learned the truth[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]  [ch]D6[/ch]  [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nAnd those of us with ravaged faces, lacking in the social graces[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm7[/ch]           [ch]Gm7[/ch]            [ch]Dm7[/ch]              [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nDesp'rat'ly remained at home, inventing lovers on the phone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                       [ch]A7[/ch]                 [ch]Dm7[/ch]               [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nWho called and say \"come dance with me\" and murmured vague obscenities[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]                      [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nIt isn't all it seems at seventeen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]   [ch]D6[/ch]      [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Emmaj7[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs, whose name I never   could pronounce said[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]E5[/ch]     [ch]Em7[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]    [ch]D6[/ch]       [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\n\"Pity, please, the ones who serve, they only get what they deserve[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]  [ch]D6[/ch]  [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]      [ch]D6[/ch]        [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Emmaj7[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe rich relationed home-town queen, marries into what she needs[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A7[/ch]     [ch]E5[/ch]    [ch]Em7[/ch]     [ch]A7[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]   [ch]D6[/ch]     [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nA guarantee of company and  haven for the elderly\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]  [ch]D6[/ch]  [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nRemember those who win the game, lose the love they sought to gain[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm7[/ch]           [ch]Gm7[/ch]         [ch]Dm7[/ch]        [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nIn debentures of quality and dubious integrity[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]                      [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]Dm7[/ch]                [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nTheir small town eyes will gape at you in dull surprise when payment due[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]                          [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nexceeds accounts received at seventeen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]  [ch]D6[/ch]  [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]  (x2)\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]    [ch]D6[/ch]       [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Emmaj7[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTo those of us who know the pain of valentines    that never came[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]E5[/ch]        [ch]Em7[/ch]   [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]    [ch]D6[/ch]       [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nand those whose name were never called when choosing side at basketball[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]  [ch]D6[/ch]  [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]   [ch]D6[/ch]  [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Emmaj7[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt was long ago and far away, the world was younger than today[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A7[/ch]       [ch]E5[/ch]      [ch]Em7[/ch]       [ch]A7[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]    [ch]D6[/ch]         [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\nand dreams were all they gave for free to ugly duckling girls like me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]  [ch]D6[/ch]  [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWe all play the game and when we dare to cheat ourselves at solitaire[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm7[/ch]           [ch]Gm7[/ch]             [ch]Dm7[/ch]           [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nInventing lovers on the phone, repenting other lives unknown[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]A7[/ch]                  [ch]Dm7[/ch]          [ch]Gm7[/ch]\r\nthat call and say \"Come dance with me\", and murmur vague obscenities[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em7[/ch]                       [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nat ugly girls like me, at seventeen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]  [ch]D6[/ch]  [ch]Dmaj7[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD  Dmaj7  D6  Dmaj7  (x2)\n\n\n\n\nD  Dmaj7  D6  Dmaj7\n\n\n\n\nD  Dmaj7  D6  Dmaj7\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD  Dmaj7  D6  Dmaj7\n\n\n\n\nD  Dmaj7  D6  Dmaj7\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD  Dmaj7  D6  Dmaj7  (x2)\n\n\n\n\nD  Dmaj7  D6  Dmaj7\n\n\n\n\nD  Dmaj7  D6  Dmaj7\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD  Dmaj7  D6  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