Avril Lavigne - 17 Chords

Avril Lavigne

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Key: Eb

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
Eb -   x68886
Bb -   x13331
Cm -   x35543
G# -   466544
Fm -   133111
Eb/G - x365xx


Intro: Eb-Bb-G#-- x2


Verse 1:
Eb
  Here is whatnot 
       Bb
at the record shop
G#
  I will kiss you
in the parking lot 
Eb
  Smoking
cigarettes and 
 Bb         G#
smoking pot seventeen
Eb
  Here you told me
      Bb
I was beautiful
G#
  Skipping on the
neighbor cynical
Eb
  yeah you told me
        Bb
how you played the
    G#
role  seventeen


Refrain:
    Fm
But hey this 
           Bb
isn't long gone
And when I hear this
G#(Hold)
song It takes me back


Chorus 1:
We're on top
       Eb
of the world back
                Bb
When I was your girl
we're living so 
G#
wild and free
acting stupid 
         Eb
and more fun
                  Bb
all we needed was love
that's the way 
        G#
it's supposed to be
     G#(Hold)
seventeen


Verse 2:
Eb
  Stealing beers out 
       Bb
of the trailer park
G#
  Flicking lighters
just the fight the dark 
Eb
  My favorite place was
        Bb
sitting in his car
G#
seventeen
Eb
  Laying f**king 
       Bb
on the rooftop
G#
  The time I knew 
I want to make you stop
Eb
  at least you throw a
           Bb
bottle you can't pause
G#
seventeen


(Repeat Refrain)


Chorus 2:
We're on top
       Eb
of the world back
                Bb
When I was your girl
we're living so 
G#
wild and free
acting stupid 
         Eb
and more fun
                  Bb
all we needed was love
that's the way 
        G#
it's supposed to be
                    Eb
We were running red lights
                  Bb
We were going all night
                  G#
didn't care about anything
We were living 
         Eb
like the dream
being stupid
       Bb
with a dream
            G#
And we were Seventeen


Bridge:
Cm       Bb    G#
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Cm       Bb    G#
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh


Verse 3:
Eb                   Bb
  I remember what it felt like
G#
  Just a small town kind of
    Eb
life  If only I could just 
   Bb           G#(Hold)
go back in time seventeen


Chorus 3:
We're on top
       Eb
of the world back
                Bb
When I was your girl
we're living so 
G#
wild and free
acting stupid 
         Eb
and more fun
                  Bb
all we needed was love
that's the way 
        G#
it's supposed to be
                    Eb
We were running red lights
                  Bb
We were going all night
                  G#
didn't care about anything
We were living 
         Eb
like the dream
we were running
       Bb
out of dream
        G#
we were Seventeen
Eb/G G#
se---venteen
G#
seventeen
G#       G#(hold)
seventeen