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EDGE OF SEVENTEEN () D(9) = D add9 (not D9) Key Em. Tempo 111 BPM Intro (guitar single 16th notes) (ignore all staffs as measures) chord >> Em bass note if different from root >

Chorus (repeat line - total 2 times) C D(9) Em D Em E Just like the white winged dove sings a song sounds like shes singin, ooh, ooh, ooh. (2nd time) And the Verse 1 C D Em C

days go by like a strand in the wind In the web that is my own I be- gin again. Said to my friend, Baby

D Em C D

nothing else mattered He was no more (he was no more) than a

Em C D Em

baby then. Well he seemed broken-hearted, Something with- in him

C D Em D Em E but the moment that I first laid eyes on him, all alone

C D Em

on the edge of seven- teen. Chorus (repeat line - total 2 times) Em D Em D C D(9) Em D Em E E E Just like the white winged dove sings a song sounds like shes singin, ooh, ooh, ooh. (2nd time) Well I Verse 2 C D Em D C Cmaj7 E went today maybe I will go again to- morrow. Well the music there well it was

D Em C D

haunt-ing-ly fa- miliar When I see you doin what I try to do for me, with the

Em D C D Em E words from a poet and a voice from a choir; And a melody, nothin else mattered Chorus (repeat line - total 2 times) Em D Em D C D(9) Em D Em E E E Just like the white winged dove sings a song sounds like shes singin, ooh, ooh, ooh. (2nd time) The Bridge 1 Em D C D C E E E clouds never ex- pect it when it rains but the sea changes color, but the

D C D Em D(9) C C E sea does not change So with the slow graceful

C D(9) C D C E E C flow of age, I went forth with an age old de- sire to

D C D Cmaj7 D C C C please; On the edge of seven -teen. Interlude Em C ooh …..

D Em

Chorus (repeat line - total 2 times) Em C D Em D Em E Just like the white winged dove sings a song sounds like shes singin, ooh, ooh, ooh. (2nd time) Well then Verse 3 C D Em D C Cmaj7 E suddenly there was no one left standing in the hall. Yeah, yeah, when a flood of tears left

D Em Em7 C D no one really ever heard of fall at all. Well I went searchin for an answer up the stairs and down the hall

Em Em7 C D Em

Not to find an answer but just to hear the call of a nightbird, Singin come away, come away, Chorus (repeat line - total 2 times) Em D Em D C D Em D Em E E E come away. Just like the white winged dove sings a song sounds like shes singin, ooh, ooh, ooh. (2nd time) Well I Bridge 2 (backing vocs sing "echo" of ) Em D(9) Em D(9) Em E E hear you in the mornin' and I hear you at nightfall and sometimes to be

D(9) Em D(9) C D E E near you is to be un- able to feel you my

Em C D Em love. I'm a few years older than you (I'm a few years older than you) my love Chorus (repeat to fade) Em D Em D C D(9) Em D Em E E E Just like the white winged dove sings a song sounds like shes singin, ooh, ooh, ooh.