Words and music by Chris Lindsey, Bill Luther, and Aimee Mayo 
Copyright 1998 BMG Publishing 
From his album "A Place in the Sun" 
 
INTRO (G)(A)(C)(G)(A)(C) 
 
Verse 1 
(G)Back seat of her (A)daddy's car 
(C)I was tryin' not to go too far 
(G)Kept thinkin' 'bout the words that the preacher man said 
(G)Lightning flashed (A)across the sky 
(C)I saw love in a young girl's eyes 
(G)And that's a (A)look you never forget 
 
Chorus 
(G)Seventeen only comes (A)once in a lifetime 
(C)Don't it just fly by wild and free 
(G)Goin' any way the wind blew baby 
(G)Seventeen, livin' on (A)crazy dreams 
(C)Rock and roll and faded blue jeans 
(G)Standin' on the edge of (A)everything 
(G)Seventeen 
 
REPEAT INTRO 
 
Verse 2 
(G)Legs hangin' of a (A)bayou bridge 
(C)Feedin' fish potato chips 
(G)And talkin' 'bout the (A)mysteries of the(C) universe 
(G)Yeah, the world was (A)somewhere else 
(C)We had the summer all to ourselves 
(G)And the stars (A)went off like (C)fireworks 
 
REPEAT CHORUS 
 
INSTRUMENTAL SOLO - REPEAT INTRO CHORDS 
 
REPEAT CHORUS 
 
FADE OUT USING INTRO CHORDS