Seventeen:Frankie Ford.
#72 on BB Hot 100 on IMPERIAL Records
in 1961.
INTRO: C G7
C
(She's seventeen..she's seventeen..a real cool
baby at seventeen.)
#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 I 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, hot-rod queen.
C Em7 A7
Cutest girl you've ever seen.
Dm7 G7
Tell the world I'm really keen,
C F7 C G C
On my hep-cat doll of sev..en..teen.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/frankie_ford/seventeen_crd.html ]
(INTERLUDE:) C G7
#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 done been 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, hot-rod queen.
C Em7 A7
Cutest girl you've ever seen.
Dm7 G7
Tell the world I'm really keen,
C F7 C G C
On my hep-cat doll of sev..en..teen.
OUTRO:
G7 C G7
(She's his seventeen..doot-doot-doobie-
C
doo-doo..
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
