INTRO: 
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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.