Sam Cooke – Only Sixteen (Guitar)

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------------------............. *Released 1959* (Original Key: Ab) Intro: D13 Verse 1:
           G        Em    C        D    Am7 D7        G
She... was only six-teen, only six-teen, I  loved her so.

    G           Em       C       D         Am7       D7       G
But she was too young to fall in love, and I was too young to know.
Verse 2:
     G              Em        C             D
We'd laugh and we'd sing, and do the little things,

Am7   D7            G
 That made my heart glow.

    G           Em       C       D         Am7       D7       G
But she was too young to fall in love, and I was too young to know.
Bridge 1:
Am7        D7      G        Em
 Why did I give my heart so fast?

   Am7        D7       G
It never will happen a-gain.

    Am7     D7   G          Em
But I was a mere lad of six-teen;

A7                      D7
 I've aged a year since then.
Verse 3:
        G        Em    C        D    Am7   D7              G
She was only six-teen, only six-teen, with eyes that would glow.

    G           Em       C       D         Am7       D7       G
But she was too young to fall in love, and I was too young to know.
Bridge 2:
      Am7         D7        G        Em
(Then why did you give your heart so fast?)

   Am7        D7       G
It never will happen a-gain.

     Am7        D7   G          Em
(But you were a mere lad of six-teen);

A7                      D7
 I've aged a year since then.
Verse 4:
        G        Em    C        D    Am7   D7              G
She was only six-teen, only six-teen, with eyes that would glow.

    G           Em       C       D         Am7       D7       G
But she was too young to fall in love, and I was too young to know.

    G           Em       C       D         Am7       D7       G
But she was too young to fall in love, and I was too young to know.

G            Em       C       D         Am7       D7       G
 She was too young to fall in love, and I was too young to know.
(Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- D13 G Em C D Am7 D7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE xx7757 320003 022000 x32010 xx0232 x02013 xx0212 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 ([email protected])