The Fontaine Sisters - Seventeen

Seventeen:The Fontaine Sisters.

Topped the charts in 1956.

           

             (Capo 6th fret.)

#1.

C          F7         C              Em7  A7 

Seventeen, seventeen, cool and solid seventeen.

Dm7             G7

Young enough to dance and sing,

C             G7  Dm7  G7

Old enough to get that swing.

C            F7

Past sixteen just been kissed,

C             Em7      A7

Graduated and got that twist.

Dm7              G7    Dm7  G7

Kind of love you can't re...sist,

C  F7   C

At seventeen.



CHORUS:

     E7

Now, sloppy shirt, old blue jeans,

Am

Dirty shoes, by all means.

D7

Patch of blonde, peroxide hair,

G7                 Dm7  G7

Jukebox baby ain't no   square.



#2.

C          F7

Seventeen, she's the queen.

C                 Em7  A7

Cutest gal you've ever seen.

Dm7              G7

All the boys are really keen,

Cdim     C            F7 C    G   C

On   my  hep cat doll of sev..en..teen.



CHORUS:

     E7

Now, sloppy shirt, old blue jeans,

Am

Dirty shoes, by all means.

D7

Patch of blonde, peroxide hair,

G7                 Dm7  G7

Jukebox baby ain't no   square.



#3.

C          F7         C              Em7  A7 

Seventeen, seventeen, cool and solid seventeen.

Dm7             G7

Young enough to dance and sing,

C             G7  Dm7  G7

Old enough to get that swing.

C            F7

Past sixteen just been kissed,

C             Em7      A7

Graduated and got that twist.

Dm7              G7    Dm7  G7

Kind of love you can't re...sist,

C  F7   C

At seventeen.



CHORUS:

     E7

Now, sloppy shirt, old blue jeans,

Am

Dirty shoes, by all means.

D7

Patch of blonde, peroxide hair,

G7                 Dm7  G7

Jukebox baby ain't no   square.



#4.

C          F7

Seventeen, she's the queen.

C                 Em7  A7

Cutest gal you've ever seen.

Dm7                G7

Tell the world I'm really keen,

Cdim     C            F7 C    G   C

On   my  hep cat doll of sev..en..teen.





A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.