Boyd Bennett And His Rockets - Seventeen

Seventeen:Boyd Bennett And His Rockets.

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INTRO: D# A#7

 

#1.

D#         G#7        D#             Gm7  C7

Seventeen, seventeen, cool and solid seventeen.

Fm7             A#7

Young enough to dance and sing..

D#            A#7 Fm7  A#7

old enough to get that swing.

D#           G#7

Past sixteen just been kissed..

D#            Gm7      C7

graduated and got that twist.

Fm7            A#7   Fm7  A#7

Kind of love I can't re...sist..

D# G#7  D#

at seventeen.



CHORUS:

     G7

Now, sloppy shirt, old blue jeans..

Cm

dirty shoes, by all means.

F7

Patch of blonde, peroxide hair..

A#7                Fm7  A#7

jukebox baby ain't no   square.



#2.

D#         G#7

Seventeen, hot-rod queen.

D#                 Gm7  C7

Cutest girl you've ever seen.

Fm7                A#7

Tell the world I'm really keen,

      D#      G#7     D#   A#  D#

On my hep-cat doll of sev..en..teen.





(INTERLUDE:) G7 Cm F7 A#7 Fm7 A#7



#3.

D#         G#7        D#             Gm7  C7

Seventeen, seventeen, cool and solid seventeen.

Fm7             A#7

Young enough to dance and sing,

D#            A#7 Fm7  A#7

Old enough to get that swing.

D#           G#7

Past sixteen just done been been kissed,

D#            Gm7      C7

graduated and got that twist.

Fm7              A#7   Fm7  A#7

Kind of love you can't re...sist,

D# G#7  D#

at seventeen.



CHORUS:

     G7

Now, sloppy shirt, old blue jeans,

Cm

dirty shoes, by all means.

F7

Patch of blonde, peroxide hair,

A#7                Fm7  A#7

jukebox baby ain't no   square.



#4.

D#         G#7

Seventeen, hot-rod queen.

D#                 Gm7  C7

Cutest girl you've ever seen.

Fm7                A#7

Tell the world I'm really keen,

      D#      G#7     D#   A#  D#

On my hep-cat doll of sev..en..teen.





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