Seventeen Going Under
Sam Fender
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inthisworld
[Capo on 6]
[Intro]G D Em7 Cadd9 G[Verse]DI remember the sickness was foreverEm7 Cadd9 GI remember snuff videosDCold Septembers, the distances we coveredEm7 Cadd9 GThe fist fights on the beach, the bizzies round us upDDo it all again next weekEmbryonic loveEm7 Cadd9The first time that it scarredGEmbarrass yourself for someoneDCrying like a childAnd the boy who kicked Tom’s head inEm7 Cadd9Still bugs me nowGThat’s the thing it lingersDAnd claws you when you’re down[Instrumental]Em7 Cadd9 G D[Verse]I was far too scared to hit himEm7 Cadd9But I would hit him in a heartbeat nowGThat’s the thing with angerDIt begs to stick aroundSo it can fleece you of your beautyEm7 Cadd9And leave you spent with nowt to offerGIt makes you hurt the ones who love youDYou hurt them like they’re nothingEm7 Cadd9 GDYou hurt them like they’re nothing[Instrumental]Em7 Cadd9 G D[Verse]See I spent my teens enragedEm7 Cadd9Spiralling in silenceGAnd arm myself with a grinDCos I was always the fuckin’ jokerBuried in the humourEm7 Cadd9Amongst the white noise and boys’ boysGLocker room talkin’ lads’ ladsDDrenched in cheap drink and snide fagsA mirrored picture of my old manEm7 Cadd9Oh god the kid’s a dab handGCanny chanter but he looks sadDGod, the kid looks so sadEm7 Cadd9 GDGod, the kid looks so sad[Instrumental]Em7 Cadd9 G[Verse]DShe said the debt, the debt, the debtEm7So I thought about shifting gearCadd9And how she wept and wept and weptGLuck came and died round hereDI see my motherThe DWP see a numberEm7 Cadd9She cries on the floor encumberedGI’m seventeen going underDI’m seventeen going under[Instrumental]Em7 Cadd9 G[Outro]DI’m seventeen going underEm7 Cadd9 GDI’m seventeen going underEm7 Cadd9 G D