Misc Musicals – The Sound Of Music - Sixteen Going On Seventeen (Guitar)

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Chords

C-5: X3455X 
[Intro]
    G                        A9               Am7/D            G6
You wait, little girl, on an empty stage, for fate to turn the light on

     G                        A9              Am7/D            G6
Your life, little girl, is an empty page that men will want to write on

   Am7      D7
To write on
[Verse 1]
G               D7                  G6                 Em7    A9
You are sixteen going on seventeen, baby, it's time to think

Am       D        G                  Am7          A7     D7
Better beware, be canny and careful, baby, you're on the brink

G               D7                  G                    Em7
You are sixteen going on seventeen, fellows will fall in line

Am                   G                   Am7       D        G
Eager young lads and roues and cads will offer you food and wine

C            C-5              G7              C
Totally unprepared are you to face a world of men

C                 C-5               G        E9         A7  D7
Timid and shy and scared are you of things beyond your ken

G                   D7              G                   Cm
You'll need someone older and wiser telling you what to do

G              E7                 A9        Am  D7  G     
I am seventeen going on eighteen, I'll take care of you!
[Verse 2]
G            D7                  G6                Em7   A9 
I am sixteen going on seventeen, I know that I'm naïve

Am        D        G                      Am7       A7  D7
Fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet, and willingly I believe

G            D7                  G             Em7   A9
I am sixteen going on seventeen, innocent as a rose

Am                G                     Am7       D       G
Bachelor dandies, drinkers of brandies, what do I know of those?

C            C-5           G7              C
Totally unprepared am I to face a world of men

C                 C-5            G        E9      A7  D7
Timid and shy and scared am I of things beyond my ken

G              D7               G                  Cm
I need someone older and wiser, telling me what to do

G                 E7                 A9     Am  D   G
You are seventeen going on eighteen, I'll depend on you!