Tonalidad: C major•
Verse 1
C
Am
I learned the truth at seventeen
C
Dm
That love was meant
G
for beauty queens
And high school girls with clear
Am
C
Who married young and then retired
Verse 2
C
The valentines I never knew
Dm
G
The Friday night charades of youth
Were spent on one more
C
beautiful
At seventeen, I learned the truth
Verse 3
Cm
And those of us with
Dm
ravaged faces
G
Lacking in the social graces
Cm
Fm
Desperately remained at home
Cm
Fm
Inventing lovers on the phone
Who called to say,
G
Cm
"Come dance with me"
Fm
And murmured vague obscenities
Dm
G
It isn't all it seems at seventeen
Verse 4
C
A brown eyed girl in hand
Whose name I never could pronounce
G
Said, "Pity, please,
C
the ones who serve
They only get what they deserve"
The rich relationed hometown queen
Dm
Who marries into what she needs
G
C
With a guarantee of company
Verse 5
And haven for the elderly
C
Cm
So remember those who win the game
Dm
G
Lose the love they sought to gain
Cm
Fm
In debentures of quality
Cm
Fm
And dubious integrity
G
Cm
The small town eyes will gape at you
Fm
In dull surprise when
G
Exceeds accounts received
Interlude 1
at seventeen
G
Cm
Dm
G
Cm
Fm
G
Verse 6
C
Dm
And to those of us who knew the pain
G
Of valentines that never came
And those whose names
C
were never called
When choosing sides for basketball
It was long ago and far away
Dm
G
The world was younger than today
C
When dreams were all they gave for free
To ugly ducking girls like me
Verse 7
Cm
We all play the game and
when we dare
Dm
G
We cheat ourselves at solitaire
Cm
Fm
Inventing lovers on the phone
Cm
Fm
Repenting other lives unknown
And I call and say,
G
Cm
"Come dance with me"
Fm
And murmur vague obscenities
Dm
G
At ugly girls like me at seventeen
Outro 1
G
C
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