Intro-
       G                              Cadd9
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(Picking,same as intro)
G                 Cadd9  G                   Cadd9
We were only seventeen,  rock & roll and nicotine.
(Strumming)
G                   Dsus4
Girls meet boys and boys meet girls,
   Em7                Cadd9                   Em7    
It felt like you were my whole world until it falls apart,
          Dsus4
Left with broken hearts.


Cadd9         Em7             Cadd9                 Dsus4
 We were only seventeen, I was standing there in my blue jeans.
    Cadd9             Em7
She smiled and walked past me,                              ( *once)
        Dsus4           Cadd9           Dsus4         Cadd9* Dsus4* G* Cadd9
And our love was like a spark to gasoline, and it was you    and    me.
             Em7       Cadd9                    Dsus4
We were only seventeen,  we made such a mess of everything.
Cadd9         G                 Cadd9          Dsus4
Souvenirs and broken dreams and photographs of you and me,
    Cadd9*
When, we were only seventeen.


G  Cadd9...stop

 
G                  Cadd9      G                        Cadd9
We were watching MTV, staying up, 'til a quarter after three.
        G               Dsus4
And the world was ours, for the taking
Em7                   Cadd9                     Em7   
Time stood still, our hearts were racing but it falls apart
          Dsus4
Left with broken hearts.



Cadd9         Em7             Cadd9                 Dsus4
 We were only seventeen, I was standing there in my blue jeans.
    Cadd9             Em7
She smiled and walked past me,                            ( *once)   
        Dsus4           Cadd9           Dsus4         Cadd9* Dsus4* G* Cadd9
And our love was like a spark to gasoline, and it was you    and    me.
             Em7       Cadd9                   Dsus4
We were only seventeen, we made such a mess of everything.
Cadd9         G                 Cadd9          Dsus4
Souvenirs and broken dreams and photographs of you and me,
    Cadd9*
When, we were only seventeen.



G                     Cadd9                 G             Cadd9
Do you believe that a canvas can be painted twice, painted white?
G                     Cadd9                 G             Cadd9
Do you believe that a canvas can be painted twice, painted white?
G                               Cadd9                          G        
Wash away the guilt & shame and take my hand and steal my pain away.
  Cadd9
(Away)
              G                                  Cadd9                
And I'll find rest inside your arms from all the memories.
       G 
Do you believe?
         Cadd9 
Do you believe?


     Cadd9           Em7        Cadd9         Dsus4     
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Cadd9        Em7       Cadd9                   Dsus4
We were only seventeen, we made such a mess of everything.


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Cadd9         G                 Cadd9          Dsus4
Souvenirs and broken dreams and photographs of you and me,


    Cadd9
When, we were only seventeen.


Cadd9        Em7             Cadd9                 Dsus4
We were only seventeen, I was standing there in my blue jeans.
    Cadd9             Em7
She smiled and walked past me,
        Dsus4           Cadd9        Dsus4            Cadd9* Dsus4* G* Cadd9
And our love was like a spark to gasoline, and it was you    and    me.
             Em7       Cadd9                   Dsus4
We were only seventeen, we made such a mess of everything.
Cadd9         G                 Cadd9          Dsus4
Souvenirs and broken dreams and photographs of you and me,
    Cadd9*
When, we were only seventeen.