Тональность: C major•
Verse 1
C
I learned the truth at seventeen
Dm
G
That love was meant for beauty queens
And high school girls with
clear- skinned smiles
C
Who married young and then retired
Verse 2
C
G
C
The valentines I never knew
Dm
The Friday night charades of youth
G
C
Were spent on one more beautiful
Verse 3
At seventeen I learned the truth
C
Eb
And those of us with
G
Lacking in the social graces
Cm
Fm
Desperately remained at home
Cm
Fm
Inventing lovers on the phone
Verse 4
Ab
Who called to say,
G
Cm
"Come dance with me"
Fm
Ab
Dm
And murmured vague obscenities
It isn't all it seems
Verse 5
C
A brown eyed girl in hand- me- downs
Dm
G
Whose name I never could pronounce
Said, "Pity, please,
Verse 6
They only get what they deserve"
C
G
C
And the rich- relationed
hometown queen
Dm
Marries into what she needs
G
With a guarantee of company
C
And haven for the elderly
Verse 7
C
Eb
Remember those who win the game
Dm
Lose the love they sought
Cm
Fm
In debentures of quality
Cm
Fm
And dubious integrity
Verse 8
G
town eyes will gape at you
Cm
Fm
In dull surprise when
Ab
Dm
payment due
Exceeds accounts received
Interlude 1
G
C
Dm
G
C
Eb
Dm
G
Cm
Fm
Cm
Fm
Ab
G
Cm
Fm
Dm
G
C
Verse 9
C
To those of us who knew the pain
Dm
G
Of valentines that never came
And those whose names
Verse 10
When choosing sides for basketball
C
G
C
It was long ago and far away
Dm
G
The world was younger than today
When dreams were all they gave for free
C
To ugly duckling girls like me
Verse 11
Eb
We all play the game, and when we dare
Dm
G
To cheat ourselves at solitaire
Cm
Ab
Bbsus4
Ab
Inventing lovers on the phone
Fm
Cm
Fm
Repenting other lives unknown
Verse 12
Ab
They call and say,
G
"Come dance with me"
Cm
Fm
Dm
And murmur vague obscenities
At ugly girls like me
Outro 1
G
C
C
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