Chords
[Verse 1]
I learned[Gadd9] the truth at seventeen
That loveAm7 was meant for beauty queens
Amadd11/D And high school girls with clearskinned smiles [Gadd9]
Who married young and then retired
The val[Gadd9]entines I never knew
The FriAm7day night charades of youth
Amadd11/D Were spent on one more beautiful [Gadd9]
At seventeen I learned the truth
[Chorus]
And thoseGm/Bb of us with ravaged faces
Am7 Lacking in the soAmadd11/Dcial graces
Gm/BbDesperately remainedCm/G at home
InGm/Bbventing lovers onCm/G the phone
Who Bbsus4called to say, "Come danceAmadd11/D with me"
Gm/Bb And murmured vagueCm/G obscenities
Am7 It isn't all it seems
At Amadd11/Dseventeen
[Verse 2]
A brown[Gadd9]eyed girl in handmedowns
Am7 Whose name I never could pronounce
Amadd11/D Said, "Pity, please, the ones who serve
[Gadd9] They only get what they deserve"
And the rich[Gadd9] relationed hometown queen
Am7Marries into what she needs
With a guarAmadd11/Dantee of company
And [Gadd9]haven for the elderly
[Chorus]
RememGm/Bbber those who win the game
Am7Lose the love they soughtAmadd11/D to gain
In Gm/Bbdebentures of qualCm/Gity
And Gm/Bbdubious integCm/Grity
Their Bbsus4small town eyes will Amadd11/Dgape at you
In dullGm/Bb surpriseCm/G when payment due
Am7 Exceeds accounts received
At Amadd11/Dseventeen
[Solo]
[Gadd9] Am7 Amadd11/D [Gadd9]
Gm/Bb Am7 Amadd11/D Gm/Bb
Cm/G Gm/Bb Cm/G Bbsus4
Amadd11/D Gm/Bb Cm/G Am7
Amadd11/D [Gadd9]
[Verse 3]
To those[Gadd9] of us who knew the pain
Of Am7valentines that never came
Amadd11/D And those whose names were never called
[Gadd9] When choosing sides for basketball
It was long[Gadd9] ago and far away
Am7 The world was younger than today
Amadd11/D When dreams were all they gave for free
[Gadd9] To ugly duckling girls like me
[Chorus]
We all Gm/Bbplay the game and when we dare
To Am7cheat ourselves at solAmadd11/Ditaire
InGm/Bbventing lovers onCm/G the phone
ReGm/Bbpenting other livesCm/G unknown
They Bbsus4call and say, "Come danceAmadd11/D with me"
Gm/Bb And murmur vagueCm/G obscenities
Am7 At ugly girls like me
At Amadd11/Dseventeen
[Outro]
[Gadd9]
