Me At 17
Recorded by Jake Bleau
Album: Single (2022)

(Capo on 1)

(Intro.)
|(D) / / / |(G) / / / | x 2

(Verse)
(D)I went down to the (A)hardware store
Had a (G)young boy help me load a 4 by 4
I (D)asked him about his (A)life
Why you (G)working on the deadest nights
And he said, (D) working hard just to (A)earn a buck
(G)Sweating every summer but I'm saving up
There's a (D)truck I need to (A)buy
And a (G)girl that needs a ride

(Pre-Chorus)
(Bm)I just smiled and (A)said, (G)I know what you mean
(Em)I drove away and thought, (D/F#) if that ain't (G)me at 17

(Chorus)
And chasin' (D)girls around with a (A)fake ID
And never (G)backed down from some SOB
On (Bm)Friday nights he'll get (A)thrown out of Center street (Em)(D/F#)(G)(A)
But come (D)Saturday he's up (A)in a tree
Tryna (G)jump a buck just like his daddy
On (Bm)Sunday his mama's tryna (A)get him praying on his knees (G)
He'll break some (Bm)hearts, break some laws,
Get some (A)scars everybody could see (G)
If he's like (A)me at 17 |(D) / / / |(G) / / / |

(Verse)
(D) Skippin' class just to (A)toss a line
(G) Smokin' grass for the first time
(D) And catchin' nothin' but a (A)good time
My (Em)own (D/F#)momma tried it (G)

(Chorus)
To chasin' (D)girls around with a (A)fake ID
He never (G)backed down from some SOB
On (Bm)Friday nights he'll get (A)thrown outta Center (Em) street (D/F#) (G)
But come (D)Saturday he's up (A)in a tree
Tryna (G)jump a buck just like his daddy
On (Bm)Sunday his mama's tryna (G)get him praying on his knees (G)
He'll break some (Bm)hearts, break some laws
Get some (A)scars everybody could see (G)
If he's like (A)me at 17

(Solo)
|(D) / / / |(G) / / / | x 2 

(Break)
(Em) Now I've got a home, a (D/F#)woman of my dreams
(G) Not sure what she saw in a (A)wild eyed boy like me - - -

(Chorus)
But I was chasin' (D)girls around with a (A)fake ID
And never (G)backing down from some SOB
On (Bm)Friday nights I'd get (A)thrown out of Center (Em) street (D/F#) (G) (A)
But come (D)Saturday I was (A)in a tree
(G)Tryna jump a buck just like my daddy
On (Bm)Sunday my mama's tryna (A)get me praying on my (G) knees
I broke some (Bm)hearts, broke some laws
Get some (A)scars everybody could see (G)
I wouldn't (Bm)change a thing
And I (A)wouldn't be where I'd (G)be
If I wasn't (A)me at 17 |(D) / / / |

(Outro.)
(G) If I wasn't me at 17 |(D) / / / |
(G) If I wasn't me at 17 (D) - - - - -