Intro: G , C , G , C


Verse 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

B            Em                   C
I never felt that way before
             B               Em                    C
yeah there's nothing in this world I wanted more


Chorus:
D/F#    G                C            G         D/F#
   Then love came in, and time flew by, we were so free
   G              C            G               D/F#
We had it all, we gave so much, still we couldnt see
   G                ( Em             D/F#          C )
convinced ourseleves forever is more than a dream
C            G - D/F#
   how could we know, we were only seventeen


Intro: G , C


Verse 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

B            Em                 C
two a.m. she calls suffering

as she didnt know it was
B         Em        C
a beginning of the end...the end


Chorus:
D/F#    G                C            G         D/F#
   Then love came in, and time flew by, we were so free
   G              C            G               D/F#
We had it all, we gave so much, still we couldnt see
   G                ( Em             D/F#          C )
convinced ourseleves forever is more than a dream
C            G - C          D/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
( B     Em      C )
all i want is her
                    ( B    Em      C )
but all i can do is just, remember


Chorus:
D/F#    G                C            G         D/F#
   Then love came in, and time flew by, we were so free
   G              C            G               D/F#
We had it all, we gave so much, still we couldnt see
   G                ( Em             D/F#          C )
convinced ourseleves forever is more than a dream
C               G - C
how could we have known
C          G - C
how could we know
        D/F#
we were only seventeen


End: G , C
                G , C , G , C
Only seventeen