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