Seventeen:Boyd Bennett And His Rockets.
#16 in UK and #5 on BB Hot 100 on PARLOPHONE
Records in 1955.  

INTRO: D# A#7
 
#1.
D#         G#7        D#             Gm7  C7
Seventeen, seventeen, cool and solid seventeen.
Fm7             A#7
Young enough to dance and sing..
D#            A#7 Fm7  A#7
old enough to get that swing.
D#           G#7
Past sixteen just been kissed..
D#            Gm7      C7
graduated and got that twist.
Fm7            A#7   Fm7  A#7
Kind of love I can't re...sist..
D# G#7  D#
at seventeen.

CHORUS:
     G7
Now, sloppy shirt, old blue jeans..
Cm
dirty shoes, by all means.
F7
Patch of blonde, peroxide hair..
A#7                Fm7  A#7
jukebox baby ain't no   square.

#2.
D#         G#7
Seventeen, hot-rod queen.
D#                 Gm7  C7
Cutest girl you've ever seen.
Fm7                A#7
Tell the world I'm really keen,
      D#      G#7     D#   A#  D#
On my hep-cat doll of sev..en..teen.


(INTERLUDE:) G7 Cm F7 A#7 Fm7 A#7

#3.
D#         G#7        D#             Gm7  C7
Seventeen, seventeen, cool and solid seventeen.
Fm7             A#7
Young enough to dance and sing,
D#            A#7 Fm7  A#7
Old enough to get that swing.
D#           G#7
Past sixteen just done been been kissed,
D#            Gm7      C7
graduated and got that twist.
Fm7              A#7   Fm7  A#7
Kind of love you can't re...sist,
D# G#7  D#
at seventeen.

CHORUS:
     G7
Now, sloppy shirt, old blue jeans,
Cm
dirty shoes, by all means.
F7
Patch of blonde, peroxide hair,
A#7                Fm7  A#7
jukebox baby ain't no   square.

#4.
D#         G#7
Seventeen, hot-rod queen.
D#                 Gm7  C7
Cutest girl you've ever seen.
Fm7                A#7
Tell the world I'm really keen,
      D#      G#7     D#   A#  D#
On my hep-cat doll of sev..en..teen.


A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.