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The Fontaine Sisters - Seventeen
Misc Unsigned Bands
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Seventeen:The Fontaine Sisters.
Topped the charts in 1956.
(Capo 6th fret.)
#1.
C F7 C Em7 A7
Seventeen, seventeen, cool and solid seventeen.
Dm7 G7
Young enough to dance and sing,
C G7 Dm7 G7
Old enough to get that swing.
C F7
Past sixteen just been kissed,
C Em7 A7
Graduated and got that twist.
Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7
Kind of love you can't re...sist,
C F7 C
At seventeen.
CHORUS:
E7
Now, sloppy shirt, old blue jeans,
Am
Dirty shoes, by all means.
D7
Patch of blonde, peroxide hair,
G7 Dm7 G7
Jukebox baby ain't no square.
#2.
C F7
Seventeen, she's the queen.
C Em7 A7
Cutest gal you've ever seen.
Dm7 G7
All the boys are really keen,
Cdim C F7 C G C
On my hep cat doll of sev..en..teen.
CHORUS:
E7
Now, sloppy shirt, old blue jeans,
Am
Dirty shoes, by all means.
D7
Patch of blonde, peroxide hair,
G7 Dm7 G7
Jukebox baby ain't no square.
#3.
C F7 C Em7 A7
Seventeen, seventeen, cool and solid seventeen.
Dm7 G7
Young enough to dance and sing,
C G7 Dm7 G7
Old enough to get that swing.
C F7
Past sixteen just been kissed,
C Em7 A7
Graduated and got that twist.
Dm7 G7 Dm7 G7
Kind of love you can't re...sist,
C F7 C
At seventeen.
CHORUS:
E7
Now, sloppy shirt, old blue jeans,
Am
Dirty shoes, by all means.
D7
Patch of blonde, peroxide hair,
G7 Dm7 G7
Jukebox baby ain't no square.
#4.
C F7
Seventeen, she's the queen.
C Em7 A7
Cutest gal you've ever seen.
Dm7 G7
Tell the world I'm really keen,
Cdim C F7 C G C
On my hep cat doll of sev..en..teen.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.