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[Verse 1]
          D
Yeah it's easy to play pretend
              D
When you're a wanna-be, know-it-all, Rebel kid
G
Drivin' a second-hand pick-up truck
G
   That you bought wrecked
D
  Friday night football lights
D
Saturday night keg-party dreams
G
  She took a little piece of you when she
G
  Gave back your class ring
Em
   It wasn't the real thing
A
    Just a practice swing

[Chorus]
D
Life was just a new song blarin' on the radio
G
Fake ID that worked at the Amoco
D
Wanted real money, borrowed time
G
First base, first love, up all night
D
Bendin' the rules, playin' the game
G
White lies, little sins fade away
D                         G
   Everything about seventeen
                    D     G
Is just a practice swing

[Verse 2]
D
  Overnight it all changed
D
  All the faces and all the names
G
  Yeah everybody started keepin' score
     G
In a rat race for a little more
    D
But in my head I'm still that kid
D
Fight in this dog ain't got no quit
G
  Man, I'd love to do it all again
G
Like I did way back when

[Chorus]
D
Life was just a new song blarin' on the radio
G
Fake ID that worked at the Amoco
D
Wanted real money, borrowed time
G
First base, first love, up all night
D
Bendin' the rules, playin' the game
G
White lies, little sins fade away
D                         G
   Everything about seventeen
                    D     G
Is just a practice swing

[Solo]
D  G

[Chorus]
D
Life was just a new song blarin' on the radio
G
Fake ID that worked at the Amoco
D
Wanted real money, borrowed time
G
First base, first love, up all night
D
Bendin' the rules, playin' the game
G
White lies, little sins fade away
D                         G
   Everything about seventeen
                    D                                                    G
Is just a practice swing (life was just a new song blaring on the radio)

[Outro]
                   D                                       G
Is just a practice swing (fake ID that worked at the Amoco)
                    D                                                    G
Is just a practice swing (life was just a new song blaring on the radio)
                   D                                       G   D
Is just a practice swing (fake ID that worked at the Amoco)