At Seventeen by Janis Ian Lyric and Guitar Chords

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At Seventeen guitar chords has rhythm and included in Between the Lines (1975) album.
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At Seventeen by Janis Ian Guitar Chords


…AT SEVENTEEN… by Janis Ian

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from ‘Between the Lines’ (1975)

Verse 1:

I

C
learned the truth at seventeen,
That
Dm
love was meant for beauty queens.
And
G7
high school girls with clear skinned smiles,
Who
C
married young and then retired.

The

C
Valentines I never knew,
The
Dm
friday nights charades of youth.
Were
G7
spent on one more beautiful;
At
C
seventeen, I learned the truth.

Chorus 1:

And

D#
those of us with ravaged faces,
Dm
Lacking in the
G7
social graces,
Cm7
Desperatly re-
Fm7
mained at home,
Cm7
Inventing lovers
Fm7
on the phone.

Who

G#
called and say; “Come
G7
dance with me”,
And
Cm7
murmured vague ob-
F7
scenities.
Dm7
It isn’t all it seems, at
G7
seventeen.

Verse 2:

A

C
brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs,
Who’s
Dm
name I never could pronounce,
Said; “
G7
pity please, the ones who serve,
They
C
only get what they deserve.

The

C
rich relationed home-town queen,
Dm
Marries into what she needs.
A
G7
guarantee of company,
And
C
haven for the elderly”.

Chorus 2:

Re-

D#
member those who win the game,
Dm
Lose the love they
G7
sought to gain.
In
Cm7
debentures of
Fm7
quality,
And
Cm7
dubious in-
Fm7
tegrity.

Their

G#
small town eyes will
G7
gape at you;
In
Cm7
dull surprise, when
Fm7
payment due;
Dm7
Exceeds accounts received, at
G7
seventeen.

Verse 3:

To

C
those of us who know the pain,
Of
Dm
valentines that never came.
And
G7
those whose name were never called,
When
C
choosing side at basketball.

It

C
was long ago and far away,
The
Dm
world was younger than today.
And
G7
dreams were all they gave for free,
To
C
ugly duckling girls like me.

Chorus 3:

We all

D#
play the game and when we dare,
To
Dm7
cheat ourselves at
G7
solitaire.
In-
Cm7
venting lovers
Fm7
on the phone,
Re-
Cm7
penting other
Fm7
lives unknown.

That

G#
call and say; “Come
G7
dance with me”,
And
Cm7
murmur vague ob-
Fm7
scenities,
Dm7 G7 C, Cmaj7
At ugly girls like me; at seventeen.

CHORD DIAGRAMS:

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C
Dm
G7
D#
Dm7

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Cm7
Fm7
G#
Cmaj7

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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)

If you want to learn Janis Ian At Seventeen guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play At Seventeen. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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