She Is Always Seventeen Chords & Lyrics - Harry Chapin

[VERSE 1]
[Fmaj7]She has no fear [Cmaj7]of failure
She's not [Fmaj7]bent with broken dr[G]eams
For the [Fmaj7]future's just beg[Cmaj7]inning
When you're [Fmaj7]always [D] [Bm] [Am11] seventeen
It was [A]nineteen sixty one when we [Fmaj7]went to Washington
She [G]put her arms around me and said [E7]Camelot's begun
We [A]listened to his visions of [Fmaj7]how our land should be
We [G]gave him our hearts and minds to [E7]send across the sea

[VERSE 2]
[A]Nineteen sixty three white and [Fmaj7]black upon the land
She [G]brought me to the monuments and [E7]made us all join hands
[A]Scarcely six months later she [Fmaj7]held me through the night
When we [G]heard of what had happened in that [E7]brutal Dallas light

[CHORUS]
Oh, [Fmaj7]she [Cmaj7]is [G]always [Bm]seventeen
She has a [Fmaj7]dream the she will [Cmaj7]lend us
And a [D]love that we can [Em]borrow
There is [Fmaj7]so much joy in[Cmaj7]side her
She will [D]even share our [Em]sorrow
She's our [Fmaj7]past, our [Cmaj7]present, and our [D]promise of to[G]morrow
[Bm/F#]Oh, [Em]tru[Bm/D]ly she's the [Cmaj7]only hope I've seen
And she is[Fmaj7] always[D] [Bm] [Am11] seventeen

[VERSE 3]
It was [A]nineteen sixty five and we were [Fmaj7]marching once more
[G]From the burning cities a[E7]gainst the crazy war
Memphis, [A]L.A. and Chicago we [Fmaj7]bled through sixty eight
'Till she [G]took me up to Woodstock saying with [E7]love it's not too late
We [A]started out the seventies [Fmaj7]living off the land
She was [G]sowing seeds in Denver trying to [E7]make me understand
That [A]mankind is woman and [Fmaj7]woman is man
And un[G]til se free each other we [E7]can not free the land

[CHORUS]
Oh, [Fmaj7]she [Cmaj7]is [G]always [Bm]seventeen
She has a [Fmaj7]dream the she will [Cmaj7]lend us
And a [D]love that we can [Em]borrow
There is [Fmaj7]so much joy in[Cmaj7]side her
She will [D]even share our [Em]sorrow
She's our [Fmaj7]past, our [Cmaj7]present, and our [D]promise of to[G]morrow
[Bm/F#]Oh, [Em]tru[Bm/D]ly she's the [Cmaj7]only hope I've seen
And she is[Fmaj7] always[D] [Bm] [Am11] seventeen

[VERSE 4]
[A]Nineteen seventy two, I'm at the [Fmaj7]end of my rope
But she was [G]picketing the White House chanting the t[E7]ruth's the only hope
In [A]nineteen seventy five when the [Fmaj7]crooked king was gone
She was [G]feeding starving children saying the [E7]dream must go on

[CHORUS]
Oh, [Fmaj7]she [Cmaj7]is [G]always [Bm]seventeen
She has a [Fmaj7]dream the she will [Cmaj7]lend us
And a [D]love that we can [Em]borrow
There is [Fmaj7]so much joy in[Cmaj7]side her
She will [D]even share our [Em]sorrow
She's our [Fmaj7]past, our [Cmaj7]present, and our [D]promise of to[G]morrow
[Bm/F#]Oh, [Em]tru[Bm/D]ly she's the [Cmaj7]only hope I've seen
And she is[Fmaj7] always[D] [Bm] [Am11] seventeen

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