Intro: G5 , C5 , G5 , C5


Verse 1:
G5
Seventeen when I first saw her
C5
Fell in love so fast that summer
B5
Playing in the pouring rain
C5
Staying up till morning came and

B5            E5                   C5
I never felt that way before
             B5               E5                    C5
yeah there's nothing in this world I wanted more


Chorus:
D5    G5                C5            G5         D5
   Then love came in, and time flew by, we were so free
   G5              C5            G5               D5
We had it all, we gave so much, still we couldnt see
   G5                ( E5             D5          C5 )
convinced ourseleves forever is more than a dream
C5            G5 - D5
   how could we know, we were only seventeen


Intro: G5 , C5


Verse 2:
G5
Six years later on one knee
C5
Looking at her looking back at me
B5
she could anly a-answer
C5
as tears of joy fell down her cheek and

B5            E5                 C5
two a.m. she calls suffering

as she didnt know it was
B5         E5        C5
a beginning of the end...the end


Chorus:
D5    G5                C5            G5         D5
   Then love came in, and time flew by, we were so free
   G5              C5            G5               D5
We had it all, we gave so much, still we couldnt see
   G5                ( E5             D5          C5 )
convinced ourseleves forever is more than a dream
C5            G5 - C5          D5     (interlude)
   how could we know, we were only twenty-three


Interlude:
E5 , D5 , C5 , C5 - B5 - A5 - G5
E5 , D5 , G5 - B5 - E5
(pause)


Verse 3:
G5
As she's got a dress hanging on her door frame
C5
I got a ring sitting on my dresser
B5
I don't know what went wrong
C5
I don't know how I lost her

G5
She said she needs to find herself
C5
wants me to go and bring some help but
( B5     E5      C5 )
all i want is her
                    ( B5    E5      C5 )
but all i can do is just, remember


Chorus:
D5    G5                C5            G5         D5
   Then love came in, and time flew by, we were so free
   G5              C5            G5               D5
We had it all, we gave so much, still we couldnt see
   G5                ( E5             D5          C5 )
convinced ourseleves forever is more than a dream
C5               G5 - C5
how could we have known
C5          G5 - C5
how could we know
        D5
we were only seventeen


End: G5 , C5
                G5 , C5 , G5 , C5
Only seventeen