After 17

Intro.:  | (C)  | (F)  | (C)  | (G) 

 | (C)  | (F)  | (C)  | (G) ---

Her (C)right hand closed the 
(G)front porch door, (F) suddenly a 
(G)child no more
(C) All the ribbons (G)all the bows 
in a (F)box now on her (G)closet 
floor
(Am) Anxious for (G)what's to come, 
a-(F)fraid to leave a (G)place she 
loves

(Am) She's not a woman, (G) not a 
girl (F)tryin' to find her place in 
this (G)crazy world
(Am) Meet a lover (G) make a friend,
 (F)try and figure out what (G)this 
life really means

Inst.:  | (D)  | (D)  | (F)  | (G) 
After 17 | (C)  | (F)  | (C)  | (G) 
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Continues after the ad
(C) Broken hearts and (G)rusted 
dreams, (F) sometimes make it 
(G)hard to leave and
(C) Certainty is (G)out of reach (F)
 even with some (G)self belief
So she (Am) bites her lip and 
(G)shows a smile, (F)flips her hair 
and (G)flaunts her style

(Am) Shes not a woman (G) not a girl
 (F)tryin' to find her place in this
 (G)crazy world
(Am) Meet a lover, (G) make a 
friend, (F)try and figure out what 
(G)this life really means

Inst.:  | (D)  | (D)  | (F)  | (G) After 1
E|(C)| | (F)  | (C)  | (G)  | (D) 

E| | (D)  | (F)  | (G) --- 

Her (C)memories she (G)stowed away, 
(F) pulls them out on (G)rainy days
And (C) brand new faces (G)take 
their place be-(F)side the ones that
 (G)never fade
She's (Am) strong and fragile, 
(G)weak and smart, what-(F)ever the 
cost she (G)plays the part

(Am) Shes not a woman (G) not a girl
 (F)tryin' to find her place in this
 (G)crazy world
(Am) Meet a lover, (G) make a 
friend, (F)try and figure out what 
(G)this life really means

Inst.:  | (D)  | (D)  | (F)  | (G) After 1
E|(C)| | (F)  | (C)  | (G) ---