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Key: Eb
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords used:
Eb - x68886
Bb - x13331
Cm - x35543
G# - 466544
Fm - 133111
Eb/G - x365xx
Intro:
Eb Bb G#
seventeen
Eb Bb G#
seventeen
Verse 1:
Eb
He was working at
Bb
the record shop
G#
I would kiss him
in the parking lot
Eb
so steal those
cigarettes and
Bb G#
soda pops seventeen
Eb
He would tell me
Bb
I was beautiful
G#
sneaking in the
neighbor's swimming
Eb
pool yeah he taught
Bb
me how to break the
G#
rules seventeen
Refrain 1:
Cm
hey these days are
Bb
long gone that
G#
when I hear that song
it takes me back
Chorus 1:
We were on top
Eb
of the world
back when I
Bb
was your girl
we were living
G#
so wild and free
Eb
acting stupid for fun
Bb
all we needed was love
that's the way it's
G# G#(Hold)
supposed to be seventeen
seventeen
Verse 2:
Eb
Stealing beers out
Bb
of this trailer park
G#
flicking lighters
just to fight the dark
Eb
my favorite place
Bb
is sitting in his
G#
car seventeen
Eb
We laid a blanket
Bb
on the rooftop
G#
that time I knew
I wouldn't make him
Eb
stop the next we're
Bb
cold but we kept
G#
them hot seventeen
Refrain 1:
Cm
hey these days are
Bb
long gone that
G#
when I hear that song
it takes me back
Chorus 2:
We were on top
Eb
of the world
back when I
Bb
was your girl
we were living
G#
so wild and free
Eb
acting stupid for fun
Bb
all we needed was love
that's the way it's
G#
supposed to be
Eb
We were running red lights
Bb
We were going all night
G#
didn't care about anything
Eb
we were running red lights
Bb
we were going all night
G#
didn't care about anything
Eb
we were living our dream
Bb
playing you and me
G#
and we were seventeen
Bridge:
Cm Bb G#
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Cm Bb G#
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Verse 3:
Eb Bb
I remember what it felt like
G#
Just a small town kind of
Eb
life If I could only just
Bb G#(Hold)
go back in time seventeen
Chorus 3:
We were on top
Eb
of the world
back when I
Bb
was your girl
we were living
G#
so wild and free
Eb
acting stupid for fun
Bb
all we needed was love
that's the way it's
G#
supposed to be
Eb
We were running red lights
Bb
We were going all night
G#
didn't care about anything
Eb
we were running red lights
Bb
we were going all night
G#
didn't care about anything
Eb
we were living our dream
Bb
playing you and me
G#
and we were seventeen
G#
seventeen
G#
seventeen
G#
seventeen
G# G#(hold)
seventeen
