• Song:

    Seventeen

  • Artist:

    Frankie Ford

Seventeen:Frankie Ford.
#72 on BB Hot 100 on IMPERIAL Records
in 1961.

INTRO: C G7
 C
(She's seventeen..she's seventeen..a real cool 
 baby at seventeen.)  
        
#1.
C          F7         C              Em7  A7 
Seventeen, seventeen, cool and solid seventeen.
Dm7             G7
Young enough to dance and sing..
C             G7  Dm7  G7
old enough to get that swing.
C            F7
Past sixteen just been kissed..
C             Em7      A7
graduated and got that twist.
Dm7            G7    Dm7  G7
Kind of love I can't re...sist..
C  F7   C
at seventeen.

CHORUS:
     E7
Now, sloppy shirt, old blue jeans..
Am
dirty shoes, by all means.
D7
Patch of blonde, peroxide hair..
G7                 Dm7  G7
jukebox baby ain't no   square.

#2.
C          F7
Seventeen, hot-rod queen.
C                  Em7  A7
Cutest girl you've ever seen.
Dm7                G7
Tell the world I'm really keen,
      C       F7      C    G   C
On my hep-cat doll of sev..en..teen.


(INTERLUDE:) C G7

#3.
C          F7         C              Em7  A7 
Seventeen, seventeen, cool and solid seventeen.
Dm7             G7
Young enough to dance and sing,
C             G7  Dm7  G7
Old enough to get that swing.
C            F7
Past sixteen just done been been kissed,
C             Em7      A7
graduated and got that twist.
Dm7              G7    Dm7  G7
Kind of love you can't re...sist,
C  F7   C
at seventeen.

CHORUS:
     E7
Now, sloppy shirt, old blue jeans,
Am
dirty shoes, by all means.
D7
Patch of blonde, peroxide hair,
G7                 Dm7  G7
jukebox baby ain't no   square.

#4.
C          F7
Seventeen, hot-rod queen.
C                  Em7  A7
Cutest girl you've ever seen.
Dm7                G7
Tell the world I'm really keen,
      C       F7      C    G   C
On my hep-cat doll of sev..en..teen.

OUTRO:
 G7             C     G7
(She's his seventeen..doot-doot-doobie-
     C
 doo-doo..



A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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