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Seventeener

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Key: E  
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
 E-    022100
 B-    x24442
 C#m-  x46654
 A-    x02220
 B/Eb- x698xx
 G#/C- x365xx
Verse 1:
  EI never Bwanted to die old
   C#mBut it's too late now
  AMy heart has grown so cold
  EAnd the corpse I leave 
beBhind Ain't gonna be
   C#mNo pretty boy AIt's a
sick sack of disease.
Verse 2:
   EWe thought about
    B/EbWays we'd love to go
   C#mHigh and Bbeautiful
  AAnd fucking in the
sEnow On New Years B/EbDay
or Christmas Eve
   C#mOn a warm November
Bnight buried beneath the
orange Aleaves. It's
a Bfew dreams on
the ways that we
could Eleave.
Chorus 1:
My C#mheart got kicked
Bout of all its Ahomes
And Edying young just
Bdidn't work and so
C#mI guess I'm dying
Aold AAnd there ain't
Bnowhere left to C#mgo
Cause Aall my loves
      B          E--
would rather be alone
Verse 3:
  EAnd yesterday
  BI woke up to find
   C#mThe black in my Abeard
had turn to Ewhite
And the pretty girls
  Bthat used to smile G#/Cat   C#mme
Just stared off straight
aAhead or looked down
at their C#mfeet. So tonight
  AI'll sit up here EWith
these street Blights and
these seventeen C#mbeers
Straight from the page
  Aof a teenage diaEry
Underneath these shitty
sBtars like I was
sevenAteen. I Bmean
Chorus 2:
My C#mheart got kicked
Bout of all its Ahomes
And Edying young just
Bdidn't work and so
C#mI guess I'm dying
Aold AAnd there ain't
Bnowhere left to C#mgo
Cause Aall my loves
      B          E--
would rather be alone
  AAnd there ain't
Bnowhere left to C#mgo
Cause Aall my loves
                B  E(hold)
would rather be alone

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Seventeener

by The Lawrence Arms

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C#m

B/Eb

G#/C

Key:

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:

- 022100

- x24442

C#m

- x46654

- x02220

B/Eb

- x698xx

G#/C

- x365xx

Verse 1:

E B

I never wanted to die old

C#m

But it's too late now

My heart has grown so cold

And the corpse I leave

behind Ain't gonna be

C#m A

No pretty boy It's a

sick sack of disease.

Verse 2:

We thought about

B/Eb

Ways we'd love to go

C#m B

High and beautiful

And fucking in the

E B/Eb

snow On New Years Day

or Christmas Eve

C#m

On a warm November

night buried beneath the

orange leaves. It's

a few dreams on

the ways that we

could leave.

Chorus 1:

C#m

My heart got kicked

B A

out of all its homes

And dying young just

didn't work and so

C#m

I guess I'm dying

A A

old And there ain't

B C#m

nowhere left to go

Cause all my loves

B E--

would rather be alone

Verse 3:

And yesterday

I woke up to find

C#m A

The black in my beard

had turn to white

And the pretty girls

B G#/C C#m

that used to smile at me

Just stared off straight

ahead or looked down

C#m

at their feet. So tonight

A E

I'll sit up here With

these street lights and

C#m

these seventeen beers

Straight from the page

A E

of a teenage diary

Underneath these shitty

stars like I was

A B

seventeen. I mean

Chorus 2:

C#m

My heart got kicked

B A

out of all its homes

And dying young just

didn't work and so

C#m

I guess I'm dying

A A

old And there ain't

B C#m

nowhere left to go

Cause all my loves

B E--

would rather be alone

And there ain't

B C#m

nowhere left to go

Cause all my loves

B E

(hold)

would rather be alone

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