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intro . : | ( D ) ( C#m ) | ( Bm ) ( A ) | ( G ) ( F#m ) | ( Em ) ( A ) |
| ( D ) ( C#m ) | ( Bm ) ( A ) | ( G ) ( Bm ) | ( A ) |
when ( D ) i was ( C#m ) only ( Bm ) seventeen , ( A ) ( D ) couldn’t ( C#m ) wait for ( Bm ) twenty ( A ) one
i’d ( D ) hang A – ( C#m ) round on ( Bm ) clayton street ( A ) in the ( D ) bars there , ( C#m ) gettin’ drunk ( Bm ) ( A )
A ( D ) baseball ( C#m ) cap and A ( Bm ) fake id ( A ) would ( D ) get me ( C#m ) in the ( Bm ) clubs ( A )
then ( D ) i would ( C#m ) dance with the ( Bm ) college girls ( A ) and ( D ) lie about ( C#m ) who i was ( Bm ) ( A )
i’d say , ( D ) “i’m pre – ( C#m ) med here at ( Bm ) uga , ( A ) live on ( D ) milledge ( C#m ) avenue ( Bm ) ( A )
i was ( D ) raised o – ( C#m ) ver in ( Bm ) buckhead , i ( A ) drive A ( D ) B ( C#m ) mw” ( Bm ) ( A )
i was ( G ) breakin’ hearts ( F#m ) and ( Em ) takin’ names ( A ) and ( D ) numbers just for ( G ) fun
stealin’ ( D ) kisses ( F#m ) wishin’ ( Em ) i was ( A ) twenty one ( D ) ( C#m ) | ( Bm ) ( A ) | ( G ) ( Bm ) | ( A ) |
when ( D ) thursdays came ( C#m ) and ( Bm ) pocket change ( A ) would ( D ) quickly ( C#m ) disappear ( Bm ) ( A )
up – ( D ) stairs at ( C#m ) lowry’s ( Bm ) tavern , ( A ) we’d pay A ( D ) nickel for ( C#m ) the ( Bm ) beer ( A )
( D ) shootin’ pool , ( C#m ) smokin’ ( Bm ) cigarettes ( A ) with A ( D ) dizzy head ( C#m ) and a grin ( Bm ) ( A )
( D ) four A . m . ( C#m ) on A ( Bm ) school night , ( A ) still ( D ) hangin’ out ( C#m ) with my friends ( Bm ) ( A )
one ( D ) hour sleep ( C#m ) on A ( Bm ) dirty coach , ( A ) no ( D ) shower off ( C#m ) to school ( Bm ) ( A )
( D ) smellin’ just ( C#m ) like A ( Bm ) brewery ( A ) with a bad ( D ) hang – ( C#m ) over too ( Bm ) ( A )
the ( G ) teachers all ( F#m ) would ( Em ) hassle me , ( A ) “stay A – ( D ) wake pay attent – ( G ) ion”
i was ( G ) catchin’ hell ( F#m ) wishin’ ( Em ) i was ( A ) twenty one ( D ) ( C#m ) | ( Bm ) ( A ) | ( G ) ( Bm ) | ( A ) |
the ( F#m ) youngest one ( A ) of ( G ) all my friends , ( F#m ) i ( Em ) didn’t act ( A ) my A – ( D ) ge
( F#m ) too cool ( A ) for the foot – ( G ) ball games ( F#m ) and the ( G ) home comin’ parades ( A )
now ( G ) i look back ( F#m ) and ( Em ) have to smile , ( A ) ’cause ( D ) boy , it was ( G ) fun
being ( G ) seventeen ( F#m ) wishin’ ( Em ) i was ( A ) twenty one
inst . : | ( D ) ( C#m ) | ( Bm ) ( A ) | ( G ) ( F#m ) | ( Em ) ( A ) |
| ( D ) ( C#m ) | ( Bm ) ( A ) | ( G ) ( Bm ) | ( A ) |
( D ) now i’m ( C#m ) only ( Bm ) twenty six ( A ) feeling ( D ) more like ( C#m ) forty three ( Bm ) ( A )
my ( D ) hairline’s ( C#m ) disappear – ( Bm ) in’ ( A ) and i ( D ) never get ( C#m ) id’ed ( Bm ) ( A )
my ( D ) clothes are ( C#m ) out of ( Bm ) fashion , ( A ) no , i’m ( D ) not cool ( C#m ) anymore ( Bm ) ( A )
in the ( D ) bed by ( C#m ) ten o’clock ( Bm ) each night , ( A ) and ( D ) up at half ( C#m ) past four ( Bm ) ( A )
still ( D ) i go down ( C#m ) to that ( Bm ) college town ( A ) when the ( D ) bulldogs ( C#m ) play at home ( Bm ) ( A )
i drink ( D ) keg beer ( C#m ) from a trash ( Bm ) can ( A ) ’till the whole ( D ) damn ( C#m ) thing is gone ( Bm ) ( A )
then i ( G ) look at all ( F#m ) those ( Em ) college girls ( A ) so ( D ) innocent and ( G ) young
i just ( G ) check them out ( F#m ) and say , ( Em ) “damn , i wish ( A ) i was twenty one”
outro . : | ( D ) ( C#m ) | ( Bm ) ( A ) | ( G ) ( A ) ( D ) – – – – –
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