James Blunt - Next Time I’m Seventeen: chords

           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

Chorus:
D         A
Oh yeah, left me breathless
D        A
She was so damn wild
 D            A                   D
Sometimes I think those were the best
             E
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
                    D
She would still be mine

While the Iron Curtain fell
We were lying in a field
Shared the gin and cigarettes
I'd stolen from my dad
We both knew what would happen next
In my cherry red AX
Did she know she was the best I'd ever had
Said we'd always be together
That we'd stay this way forever
The future seemed so very far away

Sometimes, when I
Think about those days it makes me wonder
What went by

Chorus

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?

Chorus

(Oh yeah, she was)
She'd still be mine
(Sometimes)
Still be mine
(Best days of our lives)
We were young and reckless
Too soon, out of time
Next time I'm seventeen
I won't be left behind
She would still be mine