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 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 living our dream 
                Bb 
playing you and me 
            G# 
and we were seventeen 
G# 
seventeen 
G# 
seventeen 
G# 
seventeen 
G#       G#(hold) 
seventeen