Written by Marty Robbins
Intro:
G C Am F G
Seventeen..wah-ooo-wah-ooo..and he was one year more.
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Seventeen..wah-ooo-wah-ooo..and he, the girl, adored.
#1.
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She was only seventeen and he was one year more.
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She loved him with all her heart and he, the girl
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adored.
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But all their friends believed they were too young
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to know the score..
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cause she was only seventeen and he was one year more.
#2.
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Are they old enough to know if love will last for life?
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Isn't he too young to be a husband, her a wife?
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Within the past I bet it's happened more than once before.
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When someone else was seventeen, another, one year more.
Bridge:
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Do we have the right to question love that seems so strong?
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As long as God has no objections there can be no wrong.
#3.
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Let us be the first to wish them all the very best.
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Let us hope their love is strong enough to meet the test.
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Cause like I say, I bet it's happened more than once before.
C Am F G C
When someone else was seventeen, another, one year more.
Bridge:
G D G
Do we have the right to question love that seems so strong?
G D G G7
As long as God has no objections there can be no wrong.
#4.
C Am F G
Let us be the first to wish them all the very best.
C Am F G
Let us hope their love is strong enough to meet the test.
C C7 F Fm
Cause like I say, I bet it's happened more than once before.
C Am F G C
When someone else was seventeen, another, one year more.
OUTRO:
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Wah-ooo-wah-(seventeen)..wah-wah-wah.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.
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