Tonart: C major•
Verse 1
C
I learned the truth at seventeen
Dm
G
That love was meant for beauty queens
And high school girls with
clear- skinned smiles
C
Who married young and then retired
Verse 2
C
G
C
The valentines I never knew
Dm
The Friday night charades of youth
G
C
Were spent on one more beautiful
Verse 3
At seventeen I learned the truth
C
Eb
And those of us with
G
Lacking in the social graces
Cm
Fm
Desperately remained at home
Cm
Fm
Inventing lovers on the phone
Verse 4
G
Cm
"Come dance with me"
Fm
Ab
Dm
And murmured vague obscenities
It isn't all it seems
Verse 5
C
A brown eyed girl in hand- me- downs
Dm
G
Whose name I never could pronounce
Said, "Pity, please,
Verse 6
They only get what they deserve"
C
G
C
And the rich- relationed
hometown queen
Dm
Marries into what she needs
G
With a guarantee of company
C
And haven for the elderly
Verse 7
C
Eb
Remember those who win the game
Dm
Lose the love they sought
Cm
Fm
In debentures of quality
Cm
Fm
And dubious integrity
Verse 8
G
town eyes will gape at you
Cm
Fm
In dull surprise when
Ab
Dm
payment due
Exceeds accounts received
Interlude 1
G
C
Dm
G
C
Eb
Dm
G
Cm
Fm
Cm
Fm
Ab
G
Cm
Fm
Dm
G
C
Verse 9
C
To those of us who knew the pain
Dm
G
Of valentines that never came
And those whose names
Verse 10
When choosing sides for basketball
C
G
C
It was long ago and far away
Dm
G
The world was younger than today
When dreams were all they gave for free
C
To ugly duckling girls like me
Verse 11
Eb
We all play the game, and when we dare
Dm
G
To cheat ourselves at solitaire
Cm
Ab
Bbsus4
Ab
Inventing lovers on the phone
Fm
Cm
Fm
Repenting other lives unknown
Verse 12
Cm
Fm
Dm
And murmur vague obscenities
At ugly girls like me
Outro 1
G
C
C
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