17 And 53 Uke tab by Danielle Ate The Sandwich

5 Chords used in the song: Am, G, D, Dm, Em

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Year:  2010
Difficulty: 
3.9
(Intermediate)
Key: C, G, Am, EmChords
intro: Am Am G G D D

Am Am G G D D
You were seventeen the year your father died

Am Am G G D D
And he was fifty-three when you were seventeen

Am Am G G D D
In the museum where you laid your head to sleep

Am Am G G D D
The artifacts were cold to comfort you


Am Am G G D D
When you heard them fighting you hid in the apple tree

Am Am G G D D
The branches broke their noise

Am Am G G D D
And when your brother studied at the university

Am Am G G D D
You were left alone to realize


Dm Dm
That while you were growing older

Em Em
He was busy growing older

Am Am G G D D
too, bah dah dum, da dah dah dah dum

Am Am G G D D
too, bah dah dum, da dah dah dah dum


Am Am G G D D
In the summer when your father drove you to the river

Am Am G G D D
And he would sing so loud

Am Am G G D D
Soon to be kept silent when you climbed through barbed-wired fences

Am Am G G D D
To get to the riverside


Dm Dm
And while you were growing older

Em Em
He was busy growing older

Am Am G G D D
too, bah dah dum, da dah dah dah dum

Am Am G G D D
too, bah dah dum, da dah dah dah dum


Am Am G G D D
And in February you were running late one day

Am Am G G D D
And out the door you ran

Am Am G G D D
Leaving left unsaid the things you?d soon regret not telling

Am Am G G D D
Never knowing this would be your last chance


Dm Dm
And while you were growing older

Em Em
He was busy growing older



Am Am Dm Dm G G Dm Dm G G
And was it fair to blame the gi-

Am Am Dm Dm G G Dm Dm G G
rl, And was it fair to make the child

Am Am Dm Dm G G Dm Dm G G
choose, And when you stood next to the moun-ta-

Am Am Dm Dm G G Dm Dm G G
in, Did you swear that you could hear him calling you?

Am Am G G D D
bah dah dum, da dah dah dah dum

Am Am G G D D
bah dah dum, da dah dah dah dum


Am Am G G D D
I am twenty-two and you are fifty-three

Am Am G G D D
And only blood can tell

Am Am G G D D
That we are made up of strings and strands of DNA

Am Am G G D D
Dancing waltzes in our cells


Dm Dm
and while you are growing older

Em Em
i am busy growing older

Am Am G G D D
too, bah dah dum, da dah dah dah dum

Am Am G G D D
too, bah dah dum, da dah dah dah dum

Uke tab by , 07 Apr 2012

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