At Seventeen Cifras

Song: At seventeen
Artist: Janis Ian
Composer: Janis Ian
Album: Between the lines
 
Tabbed by DJ   10th Dec 2012
 
These are partial chords intended to be played in a
lilting Latin rhythm style with a percussive slap on
the strings with the fingertips on the off-beat.
Play fingerstyle using the thumb for the root notes
coupled with an upstroke pinching action with the
index and middle fingers.
 
CAPO: 5th fret
(Will then sound in the recorded key of C)
 
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
options for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers
 
Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo
Gadd9  = 3x02xx   Am7   = x0201x   Gm7     = 353333
G      = 3x00xx   E/A   = x0210x   Cm7     = x35343
Gmaj7  = 3x40xx   D7/F# = 20021x   Ebmaj7  = xx1333
G6     = 3x20xx   Bb6   = x1303x   Gm/D    = xx03x3
A7sus4 = x0203x   D7    = xx0212   D7(no3) = xx05x5
                                   Gmaj7 * = 320002
 
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[Intro]
  Gadd9 G      Gmaj7 G6 G   Gadd9 G     Gmaj7  G6 G
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[Verse 1]
G Gadd9      G        Gmaj7   G6   G
I learnt the truth at seven - teen,
     A7sus4   Am7       E/A    Am7
That love was meant for beauty queens,
D7/F#
      And high school girls with clear-skinned smiles,
Gadd9             G         Gmaj7     G6    G
      Who married young and then re - tired
 Gadd9  G      Gmaj7 G6 G
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[Verse 2]
G   Gadd9   G       Gmaj7  G6   G
The valen - tines I never  knew,
    A7sus4  Am7         E/A      Am7
The Friday  night cha - rades of youth,
D7/F#
       Were spent on one more beautiful,
Gadd9             G       Gmaj7      G6    G
       At seven - teen, I learnt the truth
  Gadd9  G     Gmaj7 G6 G
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[Bridge 1]
G   Bb6
And those of us with ravaged faces,
Am7                 D7
     Lacking in the social graces,
Gm7              Cm7
Desperately re - mained at home,
     Gm7            Cm7
In - venting lovers on the phone,
    Ebmaj7               D7        (Gm/D) (D7(no3))
Who called to say, "Come dance with me!",
Gm7                          Cm7
     And murmured vague ob - senities,
Am7                               D7
     It isn't all it seems  ...at seventeen
 
[Verse 3]
  Gadd9 G             Gmaj7       G6     G
A brown eyed girl in 'hand - me - downs',
      A7sus4 Am7   E/A         Am7
Whose name I never could pro - nounce,
D7/F#
       Said, "Pity please, the ones who serve,
Gadd9            G        Gmaj7     G6     G
       They only get what they de - serve!"
 Gadd9  G      Gmaj7 G6 G
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[Verse 4]
G       Gadd9     G        Gmaj7    G6    G
And the rich re - lationed hometown queen,
A7sus4  Am7  E/A      Am7
Marries into what she needs,
       D7/F#
With a guarantee of company,
    Gadd9  G       Gmaj7   G6  G
And haven  for the elder - ly
 Gadd9  G      Gmaj7 G6 G
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[Bridge 2]
G    Bb6
Re - member those who win the game,
Am7                D7
Lose the love they sought to gain,
   Gm7           Cm7         Gm7          Cm7
In debentures of quality and dubious in - tegrity,
    Ebmaj7               D7     (Gm/D) (D7(no3))
The small town eyes will gape at you... 
   Gm7           Cm7
In dull surprise   ...when payment due...  
Am7                                D7
 ...Exceeds accounts received...at seventeen
 
[Verse 5 -Instrumental]
  Gadd9 G      Gmaj7 G6 G   A7sus4 Am7   E/A   Am7
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
  D7/F#                     Gadd9 G      Gmaj7 G6 G
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
  Bb6                       Am7          D7
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
  Gm7          Cm7          Gm7          Cm7
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
  Ebmaj7       D7   (Gm/D)(D7(no3))
| /  /  /  / | /   /   /   /  |
  Gm7          Cm7
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
  Am7                       D7
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
  Gadd9 G      Gmaj7 G6 G   Gadd9 G      Gmaj7 G6 G
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[Verse 6]
G  Gadd9    G      Gmaj7    G6
To those of us who knew the pain...
   G  A7sus4  Am7        E/A   Am7
...Of Valen - tines that never came,
D7/F#
       And those whose names were never called...
Gadd9       G                  Gmaj7  G6   G
    ...When choosing sides for basket ball
 Gadd9  G      Gmaj7 G6 G
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[Verse 7]
G      Gadd9    G       Gmaj7   G6
It was long a - go, and far a - way,
G   A7sus4    Am7     E/A       Am7
The world was younger than to - day,
D7/F#
      And dreams were all they gave for free...
Gadd9       G        Gmaj7 G6 G   Gadd9 G Gmaj7  G6 G
 ...To ugly duckling girls ...like me
 
[Bridge 3]
G      Bb6
We all play the game,
                    Am7                D7
And when we dare to cheat ourselves at solitaire,
     Gm7            Cm7
In - venting lovers on the phone,
     Gm7            Cm7
Re - penting other lives unknown,
     Ebmaj7              D7        (Gm/D) (D7(no3))
That call and say, "Come dance with me!",
Gm7                        Cm7
     And murmur vague ob - senities,
Am7                              D7
     At ugly girls like me ...at seventeen
 
[Coda]
  Gadd9 G      Gmaj7 G6 G  Gmaj7 *
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[Bridge - D Riff}
    D7     Gm/D D7(no3)
e|--2-----/3---/5--|     / = Slide notes
B|--1--------------|
G|--------/3---/5--|
D|--0-----(0)--(0)-|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
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