Mahalia - 17

      Em7 is played as a normal Em chord with 3rd fret b and 3rd fret high e string both held down.

F#m is played either with your pinkie on the 5th fret b string or with an open high e string.
If you want to get a similar sound to the studio version emphasise the d string as the base note when
playing Em7 and the A string as the base note when playing Bm.

[Intro]
Em7    Bm    x3
Em7

[Verse 1]
Em7               Bm            Em7         Bm
See, as people we try to please one another
            Em7          Bm                        Em7      Bm
In order to be equal, we lie so we don't have to suffer
           Em7              Bm               Em7        Bm
But I'm tired of hiding for the benefit of my peers
                  Em7
What's so wrong with shining?
Bm                            Em7
Why've you got so much fear?

Bm

[Pre-Chorus]
         G
I got my skin all out
       F#m                      Em7
I don't care, I'm proud to be me

Yeah
      G
I was scared to stand out
          F#m
Now I'm wearing my hair down

[Chorus]
Em7
And I feel so free
                            Bm
Oh it's good to be seventeen
C#m
Well I feel so free
                      Em7      Bm
Oh it's good to be seventeen
C#m
Seventeen

[Verse 2]
        Em7          Bm       Em7              Bm
See, as teenagers we think we have to blend in
                      Em7          Bm                      Em7            Bm
But if you want to be greater than this, there's no use in pretending
        Em7                            Bm                  Em7       Bm
Cause I tried to change myself for the benefit of my friends
                 Em7
Well now it's time to wave goodbye cause
Bm                          Em7
My used-to-be's are at an end

Bm

[Pre-Chorus]
         G
I got my skin all out
       F#m                      Em7
I don't care, I’m proud to be me

Yeah
      G
I was scared to stand out
          F#m
Now I'm wearing my hair down


[Chorus]
Em7
And I feel so free
                            Bm
Oh it's good to be seventeen
C#m
Well I feel so free
                      Em7      Bm
Oh it's good to be seventeen
C#m
Seventeen


[Post-Chorus]
Em7                      Bm
I will be myself cause I like who I'm becoming
            Em7                       Bm
If you're ready come with me, these boots are made for running
     Em7                      Bm
But, I'm sick of running in circles around ya
Em7
This ain't about ya, this ain't about ya


[Pre-Chorus]
         G
I got my skin all out
       F#m                      Em7
I don't care, I'm proud to be me

Yeah
      G
I was scared to stand out
          F#m
Now I'm wearing my hair down

[Chorus]
Em7
And I feel so free
                           Bm
Oh it's good to be seventeen
C#m
Seventeen
Em7     Bm
Seventeen
C#m
Seventeen

[Post-Chorus]
Em7                      Bm
I will be myself cause I like who I'm becoming
            C#m
If you're ready come with me, these boots are made for running
     Em7                      Bm
But, I'm sick of running in circles around ya
C#m
This ain't about ya, this ain't about ya