She Was Only Seventeen:Marty Robbins.
#27 on BB Hot 100 on COLUMBIA Records
in 1958.

INTRO: 
G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)         F (133211@1)             GSeventeen..wah-ooo-wah-ooo..and (320003@1)he was one year more.
G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)         F (133211@1)            GSeventeen..wah-ooo-wah-ooo..and (320003@1)he, the girl, adored.

#1.
C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)          F (133211@1)             GShe (320003@1)was only seventeen and he was one year more.
C (x32010@1)                Am (x02210@1)              FShe (133211@1)loved him with all her heart and he, the girl
 Gadored. (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)                 C7 (x32310@1)                 FBut (133211@1)all their friends believed they were too young
            Fmto (133111@1)know the score..
      C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)          F (133211@1)    G (320003@1)      Ccause (x32010@1)she was only seventeen and he was one year more.
     
#2.
C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)              F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)      CAre (x32010@1)they old enough to know if love will last for life?
C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)          F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)   CIsn't (x32010@1)he too young to be a husband, her a wife?
    C (x32010@1)           C7 (x32310@1)              F (133211@1)              FmWithin (133111@1)the past I bet it's happened more than once before.
     C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)        F (133211@1)     G (320003@1)      CWhen (x32010@1)someone else was seventeen, another, one year more.

BRIDGE:
G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)               GDo (320003@1)we have the right to question love that seems so strong?
G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)             G7As (320001@1)long as God has no objections there can be no wrong.

#3.
C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)               F (133211@1)          GLet (320003@1)us be the first to wish them all the very best.
C (x32010@1)               Am (x02210@1)           F (133211@1)                GLet (320003@1)us hope their love is strong enough to meet the test.
      C (x32010@1)           C7 (x32310@1)              F (133211@1)              FmCause (133111@1)like I say, I bet it's happened more than once before.
     C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)         F (133211@1)    G (320003@1)      CWhen (x32010@1)someone else was seventeen, another, one year more.

BRIDGE:
G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)               GDo (320003@1)we have the right to question love that seems so strong?
G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)             G7As (320001@1)long as God has no objections there can be no wrong.

#4.
C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)               F (133211@1)          GLet (320003@1)us be the first to wish them all the very best.
C (x32010@1)               Am (x02210@1)           F (133211@1)                GLet (320003@1)us hope their love is strong enough to meet the test.
      C (x32010@1)           C7 (x32310@1)              F (133211@1)              FmCause (133111@1)like I say, I bet it's happened more than once before.
     C (x32010@1)              Am (x02210@1)         F (133211@1)    G (320003@1)      CWhen (x32010@1)someone else was seventeen, another, one year more.

OUTRO:
C (x32010@1)                      F (133211@1) G7 (320001@1)CWah-ooo-wah-(seventeen)..wah-wah-wah. (x32010@1)
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