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