At Seventeen (chromatic)
by Janis Ian · tab for chromatic harmonica
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4 = blow hole 4-4 = draw hole 4’ = bend< = slide in
I learned the truth at sev-en-teen
That love was meant for beau-ty queens
And high school girls
with clear skinned smiles
Who mar-ried young and then re-tired.
The val-en-tines I nev-er knew
The Fri-day night cha-rades of youth
Were spent on one more beau-ti-ful
At sev-en-teen I learned the truth.
And those of us with rav-aged fa- ces
Lack-ing in the soc-ial gra-ces
Des-prate-ly re-mained at home
In-vent-ing lov-ers on the phone
Who called to say come dance with me
And mur-mured vague ob-scen-i-ties
It is n't all it seems
At sev-en-teen.