Intro: G, C, G, CVerse 1:
G
Seventeen when I first saw her
C
Fell in love so fast that summer
B
Playing in the pouring rain
C
Staying up till morning came and
BEmC
I never felt that way before
BEmC
yeah there's nothing in this world I wanted more
Chorus:
D/F#GCGD/F#
Then love came in, and time flew by, we were so free
GCGD/F#
We had it all, we gave so much, still we couldnt see
G (EmD/F#C)
convinced ourseleves forever is more than a dream
CG - D/F#
how could we know, we were only seventeen
Intro: G, CVerse 2:
G
Six years later on one knee
C
Looking at her looking back at me
B
she could anly a-answer
C
as tears of joy fell down her cheek and
BEmC
two a.m. she calls suffering
as she didnt know it was
BEmC
a beginning of the end...the end
Chorus:
D/F#GCGD/F#
Then love came in, and time flew by, we were so free
GCGD/F#
We had it all, we gave so much, still we couldnt see
G (EmD/F#C)
convinced ourseleves forever is more than a dream
CG - CD/F# (Interlude)
how could we know, we were only twenty-three
Interlude:
Em, D/F#, C, C-B-A-G
Em, D/F#, G-B-Em
(pause)
Verse 3:
G
As she's got a dress hanging on her door frame
C
I got a ring sitting on my dresser
B
I don't know what went wrong
C
I don't know how I lost her
G
She said she needs to find herself
C
wants me to go and bring some help but
(BEmC)
all i want is her
(BEmC)
but all i can do is just, remember
Chorus:
D/F#GCGD/F#
Then love came in, and time flew by, we were so free
GCGD/F#
We had it all, we gave so much, still we couldnt see
G (EmD/F#C)
convinced ourseleves forever is more than a dream
CG - C
how could we have known
CG - C
how could we know
D/F#
we were only seventeen
End: G, C
G, C, G, C
Only seventeen
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