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Judah & The Lion – 17 Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Bridge]
C       Am      F
C       Am      F

[Intro]
C           Em
Met a girl, she’s cute,
Am                 F
All the guys, they want her, too,
C           Em
Got a plan, got a dream,
Am           F           C
This is life when you’re 17.

[Interlude]
C  Em   Am   F
C  Em   Am   F

[Verse 1]
C      Em        Am
I can’t describe the way
  F
I feel inside,
C           Em
Camp's cool, it’s fun,
Am       F
I got to find someone.

[Chorus]
C  N.C.  Em      N.C.
   I got nothing that
     Am          F
   I wanted this summer,
C         Em           Am
 All I’ve wanted was a girl
            F
 to make it funner,
C                     Em
These boys here, they are so mean,
Am               F
I won’t let them crush my dreams,
C            Em           Am   F
This is life when you are seventeen.

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[Interlude]
C  Em   Am   F
C  Em   Am   F

[Verse 2]
C      Em        Am
Alright, I might have
          F
something planned for tonight,
C           Em            Am
Small chance, big dreams, this
        F                C
is life when you’re seventeen.

[Chorus]
C  N.C.  Em      N.C.
   I got nothing that
     Am          F
   I wanted this summer,
C         Em           Am
 All I’ve wanted was a girl
            F
 to make it funner,
C                     Em
These boys here, they are so mean,
Am               F
I won’t let them crush my dreams,
C            Em           Am   F    C
This is life when you are seventeen.

[Bridge]
C          Am7     F
This girl, I feel, is so surreal,
C           Am7
She shines, sublime,
   F
My heart is on the line,
C        Am7     F
Waiting, fading, hoping, praying,
C          Am7
She’ll say okay,
F
God knows I need this day.

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[Chorus]
N.C.
I got nothing that
I wanted this summer,
N.C.
All I wanted was a girl
to make it funner,
C        Em
   I got nothing that
     Am          F
   I wanted this summer,
C         Em           Am
 All I’ve wanted was a girl
            F
 to make it funner,
C                     Em
These boys here, they are so mean,
Am               F
I won’t let them crush my dreams,
C            Em           Am   F
This is life when you are seventeen.
C            Em           F
This is life when you are seventeen.

[Outro]
C

How to play 17: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for 17 by Judah & The Lion on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

17 by Judah & The Lion is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 5 chords: C, Am, F, Em and Am7.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Am – F – C – Em (vi – IV – I – iii in C major). In solfa, that is lah – fah – doh – mi. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.