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 {ts: 10} 
 {cs: 7} 
 {t: At Seventeen} 
 {st: Janis Ian} 
  
 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 
  
 And [Eb]those of us with ravaged faces, [Dm]lacking in the [G7]social graces 
 [Cm7]Desp'ratly re[Fm7]mained at home [Cm7]inventing lovers [Fm7]on the phone 
 Who [Ab]called and say "come [G7]dance with me" and [Cm7]murmured vague ob[Fm7]scenities 
 [Dm7]It isn't all it seems at [G7]seventeen 
  
 A [C]brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs, whose [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" 
  
 Re[Eb]member those who win the game, [Dm7]lose the love they [G7]sought to gain 
 In [Cm7]debentures of [Fm7]quality and [Cm7]dubious in[Fm7]tegrity_ 
 Their [Ab]small town eyes will [G7]gape at you in [Cm7]dull surprise when [F7]payment due 
 [Dm7]exceeds accounts received at [G7]seventeen 
  
 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 
  
 We all [Eb]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 [Ab]call and say "Come [G7]dance with me", and [Cm7]murmur vague ob[Fm7]scenities 
 [Dm7]at ugly girls like me, at [G7]seventeen[C]     [Cmaj7]