Next Time I'm Seventeen Chords
by James Blunt
Next Time I'm Seventeen by James Blunt is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, E and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
James Blunt "Next time im seventeen" chords
Capo in 1st
Intro: A, E, D, A, E, D
A
It was the year of 91
E
Freddy Mercury was gone
D
And Nevermind was playing on our radios
A
We were only seventeen
E
I would park out on your street
D
Wait for dark to see you climbing out your window
A
Something's gone wrong with the weather
E
There's a storm out in the desert
D
But to us that all seemed very far away
E D
Sometimes, when I
E D
Think about those days it makes me wonder
What went by
D A
Oh yeah, left me breathless
D A
She was so damn wild
D A D E
Sometimes I think those were the best days of our lives. (Ohh)
D A
We were young and reckless
D A
Too soon, out of time
D A
Next time I'm seventeen
D E
I won't be left behind
E A E
She would still be mine
A D
She would still be mine
A
While the Iron Curtain fell
E
We were lying in a field
D
Shared the gin and cigarettes I'd stolen from my dad
A
We both knew what would happen next
E
In my cherry red AX
D
Did she know she was the best I'd ever had
A
Said we'd always be together
E
That we'd stay this way forever
D
The future seemed so very far away
E D
Sometimes, when I
E D
Think about those days it makes me wonder
What went by
D A
Oh yeah, left me breathless
D A
She was so damn wild
D A D E
Sometimes I think those were the best days of our lives. (Ohh)
D A
We were young and reckless
D A
Too soon, out of time
D A
Next time I'm seventeen
D E
I won't be left behind
A D
She would still be mine
D
You must be married now
A
In some suburban house
E
Are you happy now?
D
Do you ever think back to those times?
It was so innocent
A E
Do you ever meet me in your mind?
E D
Sometimes, when I
E D
Think about those days it makes me wonder
What went by
D A
Oh yeah, left me breathless
D A
She was so damn wild
D A D E
Sometimes I think those were the best days of our lives. (Ohh)
D A
We were young and reckless
D A
Too soon, out of time
D A
Next time I'm seventeen
D E
I won't be left behind
A D
She would still be mine
D A D
(Oh yeah, she was)
A D
She'd still be mine
(Sometimes)
A D
Still be mine
E
(Best days of our lives)
D A
We were young and reckless
D A
Too soon, out of time
D A
Next time I'm seventeen
D E
I won't be left behind
A D A
She would still be mine.
outro: A, E, D, A, E, D
Im just not too sure about the two-part part.