Seventeen

[G]  [C]  [G]  [C]

[G]Seventeen when I first saw her
[C]Fell in love so fast that summer
[B]Playing in the pouring rain
[C]Staying up till morning came and

[B]I never felt [Em]that way before      [C]
yeah there's [B]nothing in this [Em]world I wanted more   [C]

[D/F#]   Then [G]love came in, and[C] time flew by[G], we were [D/F#]so free
We [G]had it all, we [C]gave so much,[G] still we couldn[D/F#]t see
   [G]                ([Em]             [D/F#]          [C])
convinced ourseleves forever is more than a dream
[C]   how could [G]we k[D/F#]now, we were only seventeen

[G]  [C]

[G]Six years later on one knee
[C]Looking at her looking back at me
[B]she could anly a-answer
[C]as tears of joy fell down her cheek and

[B]two a.m. she [Em]calls suffering    [C]

as she didnt know it was
[B]a beginnin[Em]g of the e[C]nd...the end

[D/F#]   Then [G]love came in, and[C] time flew by[G], we were [D/F#]so free
We [G]had it all, we [C]gave so much,[G] still we couldn[D/F#]t see
   [G]                ([Em]             [D/F#]          [C])
convinced ourseleves forever is more than a dream
[C]   how could [G]we k[C]now, we wer[D/F#]e only twenty-three

[Em]  [D/F#]  [C]  [C] [B] [A] [G]
[Em](pau[D/F#]se)   [G]     [B]       [Em]

[G]As she's got a dress hanging on her door frame
[C]I got a ring sitting on my dresser
[B]I don't know what went wrong
[C]I don't know how I lost her

[G]She said she needs to find herself
[C]wants me to go and bring some help but
([B]     [Em]      [C])
all i want is her
                    ([B]    [Em]      [C])
but all i can do is just, remember

[D/F#]   Then [G]love came in, and[C] time flew by[G], we were [D/F#]so free
We [G]had it all, we [C]gave so much,[G] still we couldn[D/F#]t see
   [G]                ([Em]             [D/F#]          [C])
convinced ourseleves forever is more than a dream
[C]how could we hav[G]e kn[C]own
[C]how could w[G]e kn[C]ow
we were [D/F#]only seventeen

[End]  [G]  [C]
Only seventeen  [G]     [C]        [G]           [C]

how to play...well, my ring and pinky finger stays on the 3rd fret of the first two high
strings except when playing D/F

This is how I think it sounds like though I'm not really quite sure.
I listened to the lyrics myself as well, since I can't find it online.