Sweet – The Sixteens (Guitar)

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The Sweet - The Sixteens [Intro]
  Guitar Riff
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B|---------------------------------------------|
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D|-----4---4---4---5-----4-5---5-4-----4-------|
A|-5-7-------7---------7-----------7-----5-----|
E|---------------------------------------------|
D [Verse]
F#                                G                 F#
Where were you in sixty-eight, in sixty-eight Julie was Johnnie's date.

                         G                              F#
Two kids growin' together Livin' each day as if time was slippin' away.

      G                                F#
Oooh, they were just sixteen and their love a teenage dream.

     G                                           F#
They passed the time, they crossed the line, the line that ran between.

G                             A
Julie and Johnnie now you've made it!
[Chorus]
    D            G     A7                   D
But life    goes on,      you know it ain't easy.

       D               G       A7                     D
You've just   gotta be strong    if you're one of the sixteens.

    D           G         A                       D
And life   goes on,   you know, you know it ain't easy 

    D                    G
You know you'll never go wrong 

              A                                   D
'Cause you're aaaa-aa-aa-aa-all,      part of the sixteens.
[Intro] D [Verse]
F#                     G                 
Suzie and Davey got to make the big time, maybe they can,

F#                        G                              F#
put it all together, in a show that lasts forever?

      G                                       F#
Ooooh they would walk the strip at nights And dream they saw their name in lights 

   G                            F#
On Desolation boulevard they'll light the faded light 

G                       A
Suzie and Davey you can make it!
[Chorus]
    D            G     A7                   D
But life    goes on,      you know it ain't easy.

       D               G       A7                     D
You've just   gotta be strong    if you're one of the sixteens.

    D           G         A                       D
And life   goes on,   you know, you know it ain't easy 

    D                    G
You know you'll never go wrong 

              A                                   D
'Cause you're aaaa-aa-aa-aa-all,      part of the sixteens.
[Solo] B A E B A G [Interlude]
   F#                                 G  
So where were you in sixty-eight when Bobby and Billy thought that 

F#
  sixty eight was out of date.

     F#                                   G  
They took the flowers from their hair and tried to make us all aware, 

F#
  too bad,   too late.

        G                                  F#
So they lived from day to day and tried to do it all their way.

    G                              F#
But sixty-eight was sixty-eight.   No matter what they say.

G                                A
  Bobby and Billy   maybe you'll make it,   one day... 
[Chorus]
    D            G     A7                   D
But life    goes on,      you know it ain't easy.

       D               G        A7                    D
You've just   gotta be strong    if you're one of the sixteens.

    D           G         A                       D
And life   goes on,   you know, you know it ain't easy 

    D                    G
You know you'll never go wrong 

              A  
'Cause you're aaaa-aa-aa-aa-all!
[Outro]
    D            G     A7                   D
Amd life    goes on,      you know it ain't easy.

       D               G               A7             D
You've just   gotta be strong    if you're one of the sixteens.

    D           G         A                       D
And life   goes on,   you know, you know it ain't easy 

    D                    G
You know you'll never go wrong 

              A  
'Cause you're aaaa-aa-aa-aa-all.