title: At Seventeen Version)songwriter: Unknownkey: Popharp type: Chromaticgenre: Anyskill: BeginnerI learned the truth at sev-en-teen3 -5 5 5 5 -4 4 4That love was meant for beau-ty queens3 6 -5 -5 -5 5* -5 -5And high school girls3 6 -5 -5with clear skinned smiles5 5 -4 -4Who mar-ried young and then re-tired.3 -5 5 5 -4 -4 -3 -3The val-en-tines I nev-er knew3 -5 5 5 5 -4 4 4The Fri-day night cha-rades of youth3 6 -5 -5 -5 5* -5 -5Were spent on one more beau-ti-ful3 6 -5 -5 5 5 -4 -4At sev-en-teen I learned the truth.3 -5 5 5 -4 -4 5 5And those of us with rav-aged fa- ces7 7 7 7 -5* 7* 7 7-6-5* -6Lack-ing in the soc-ial gra-ces-6 -6 -6 -5 7 -6 -5* -5Des-prate-ly re-mained at home-5 -5* -5* -5 -5 -5* -5*In-vent-ing lov-ers on the phone3 -5 -5* -5* -5* -5 -5* -5*Who called to say come dance with me7 7 7* -6 -5* -6 7 -5*And mur-mured vague ob-scen-i-ties3 -5 -5* -5* -5* 5 -5 -5*It is n’t all it seems3 5 -5 -5 5 -5At sev-en-teen.3 5 -5 -5A brown eyed girl in hand me downsWhose name I never could pronounceSaid, Pity please the ones who serveThey only get what they deserve.The rich relationed hometown queenMarried into what she needsA guarantee of companyAnd haven for the elderly.Remember those who win the gameLose the love they sought to gainIndebentures of qualityAnd dubious integrity.Their small town eyes will gape at youIn dull surprise when payment dueExceeds accounts receivedAt seventeen.To those of us who know the painOf valentines that never came,And those whose names were never calledWhen choosing sides for basketball.It was long ago and far awayThe world was younger than todayAnd dreams were all they gave for freeTo ugly duckling girls like me.We all play the game and when we dareTo cheat ourselves at solitaireInventing lovers on the phoneRepenting other lives unknownThat call and say, come dance with meAnd murmur vague obscenitiesAt ugly girls like meAt seventeen.