Capo on 2)

Intro.:   ( D ) ( C#m )  ( Bm ) ( A )  ( G ) ( F#m )  ( Em ) ( A ) 
          ( D ) ( C#m )  ( Bm ) ( A )  ( G ) ( Bm )  ( A )  

When ( D )I was ( C#m )only ( Bm )seventeen,( A ) ( D )couldn't ( C#m )wait for ( Bm )twenty ( A )one
I'D ( D )hang A-( C#m )round on ( Bm ) Clayton Street ( A ) in the ( D )bars there, ( C#m )gettin' drunk ( Bm ) ( A )
A ( D )baseball ( C#m )cap and A ( Bm )fake ID ( A ) would ( D )get me ( C#m )in the ( Bm )clubs ( A )
Then ( D )I would ( C#m )dance with the ( Bm )college girls ( A ) and ( D )lie about ( C#m )who I was ( Bm ) ( A )

I'D say, ( D )"I'm pre-( C#m )med here at ( Bm )UGA , ( A ) live on ( D )Milledge ( C#m ) Avenue ( Bm ) ( A )
I was ( D )raised o-( C#m )ver in ( Bm ) Buckhead, I ( A )drive A ( D ) B( C#m )MW" ( Bm ) ( A )
I was ( G )breakin' hearts ( F#m ) and ( Em )takin' names ( A ) and ( D )numbers just for ( G )fun
Stealin' ( D )kisses ( F#m )wishin' ( Em )I was ( A )twenty one ( D ) ( C#m )  ( Bm ) ( A )  ( G ) ( Bm )  ( A )  

When ( D )Thursdays came ( C#m ) and ( Bm )pocket change ( A ) would ( D )quickly ( C#m )disappear ( Bm ) ( A )
Up-( D )stairs at ( C#m )Lowry's ( Bm )Tavern, ( A )we'D pay A ( D )nickel for ( C#m ) the ( Bm )beer ( A )
( D )Shootin' pool, ( C#m ) smokin' ( Bm )cigarettes ( A ) with A ( D )dizzy head ( C#m ) and A grin ( Bm ) ( A )
( D ) F?ur A.M. ( C#m ) on A ( Bm )school night, ( A ) still ( D )hangin' out ( C#m )with my friends ( Bm ) ( A )

One ( D )hour sleep ( C#m ) on A ( Bm )dirty coach, ( A ) no ( D )shower off ( C#m ) to school ( Bm ) ( A )
( D )Smellin' just ( C#m ) like A ( Bm )brewery ( A ) with A bad ( D ) hang-( C#m )over too ( Bm ) ( A )
The ( G )teachers all ( F#m ) would ( Em )hassle me, ( A ) "Stay A-( D )wake Pay Attent-( G )ion"
I was ( G )catchin' hell ( F#m ) wishin' ( Em )I was ( A )twenty one ( D ) ( C#m )  ( Bm ) ( A )  ( G ) ( Bm )  ( A )  

The ( F#m )youngest one ( A ) of ( G )all my friends, ( F#m ) I ( Em )didn't act ( A )my A-( D )ge
( F#m )Too cool ( A )for the foot-( G )ball games ( F#m ) and the ( G )home comin' parades ( A )
Now ( G )I look back ( F#m ) and ( Em )have to smile, ( A ) 'cause ( D )boy, it was ( G )fun
Being ( G )seventeen ( F#m ) wishin' ( Em )I was ( A )twenty one

Inst.:   ( D ) ( C#m )  ( Bm ) ( A )  ( G ) ( F#m )  ( Em ) ( A ) 
         ( D ) ( C#m )  ( Bm ) ( A )  ( G ) ( Bm )  ( A )  

( D )Now I'm ( C#m )only ( Bm )twenty six ( A ) feeling ( D )more like ( C#m ) forty three ( Bm ) ( A )
My ( D )hairline's ( C#m )disappear-( Bm )in' ( A ) and I ( D )never get ( C#m )ID'ed ( Bm ) ( A )
My ( D )clothes are ( C#m )out of ( Bm )fashion, ( A ) no, I'm ( D )not cool ( C#m )anymore ( Bm ) ( A )
In the ( D )bed by ( C#m )ten o'clock ( Bm )each night, ( A ) and ( D )up at half ( C#m )past four ( Bm ) ( A )

Still ( D )I go down ( C#m ) to that ( Bm )college town ( A ) when the ( D ) Bulldogs ( C#m )play at home ( Bm ) ( A )
I drink ( D )keg beer ( C#m )from a trash ( Bm ) can ( A )'till the whole ( D ) damn ( C#m )thing is gone ( Bm ) ( A )
Then I ( G )look at all ( F#m ) those ( Em )college girls ( A ) so ( D )innocent and ( G )young
I just ( G )check them out ( F#m ) and say, ( Em )"Damn, I wish ( A )I was twenty one"

Outro.:  ( D ) ( C#m )  ( Bm ) ( A )  ( G ) ( A ) ( D ) -----