Seventeen Going Under
Sam Fender
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G D Em7 Cadd9 G [Verse 1]Em7 D I remember the sickness was foreverEm7 Cadd9 G I remember snuff videosEm7 D Cold Septembers, the distances we coveredEm7 Cadd9 The fist fights on the beach, theG bizzies round us upEm7 D Do it all again next week An embryonic loveEm7 Cadd9 The first time that it scarredG Embarrass yourself for someoneEm7 D Crying like a child And the boy who kicked Tom’s head inEm7 Cadd9 Still bugs me nowG That’s the thing it lingersD And claws you when you’re downEm7 Cadd9 G Em7 D [Verse 2] I was far too scared to hit himEm7 But I would hit him in a heartbeatCadd9 nowG That’s the thing with angerContinues after the adEm7 D It begs to stick around So it can fleece you of your beautyEm7 And leave you spent with nowt toCadd9 offerG Makes you hurt the ones who love youEm7 D You hurt them like they’re nothingEm7 Cadd9 GEm7 D You hurt them like they’re nothingEm7 Cadd9 G D [Verse 3] See I spent my teens enragedEm7 Cadd9 Spiralling in silenceG And arm myself with a grinEm7 D Cos I was always the fuckin’ joker Buried in the humourEm7 Cadd9 Amongst the white noise and boys’ boysG Locker room talkin’ lads’ ladsEm7 D Drenched in cheap drink and snide fags A mirrored picture of my old manEm7 Cadd9 Oh god the kid’s a dab handG Canny chanter but he looks sadEm7 D God, the kid looks so sadEm7 Cadd9 GEm7 D God, the kid looks so sadEm7 Cadd9 G [Verse 4]Em7 D She said the debt, the debt, the debtEm7 So I thought about shifting gearCadd9 And how she wept and wept and weptG Luck came and died round hereEm7 D I see my mother DWP see a numberEm7 Cadd9 She cries on the floor encumberedG I’m seventeen going underEm7 D I’m seventeen going underEm7 Cadd9 GEm7 D I’m seventeen going underEm7 Cadd9 GEm7 D I’m seventeen going underEm7 Cadd9 GEm7 D I’m seventeen going under
