The Replacements – Sixteen Blue (Guitar)

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[Intro] G D C G D G [Verse 1]
G
Drive yourself right up the wall

G
No one hears and no one calls

       C
It's a boring state

       Cm              G
It's a useless wait, I know

G
Brag about things you don't understand

G
Girl and a woman, a boy and a man

             C
Everything's sexually vague

           Cm
Now you're wondering to yourself

                G
If you might be gay
[Chorus 1]
D
Your age is the hardest age

G
Everything drags and drags

D                             Am
One day, baby, maybe help you through
G D C G D G G D C G D G [Verse 2]
G
Drive your ma to the bank

G
Tell your pa you got a date

           C
But you're lying       

           Cm            G
Now you're lying on your back

G
Try to figure out, they wonder what next you will

G
You don't understand anything sexual

   C                 Cm
I don't understand

                          G
Tell my friends I'm doing fine
[Chorus 2]
D
Your age is the hardest age

G
Everything drags and drags

D                                            Am
You're looking funny, you ain't laughing are you?

G  D    C       G  D    G
Sixteen blue     Sixteen blue

G  D    C       G  D    G
Sixteen blue
[Instrumental] (same as verse) G G C Cm G [Chorus 3 & Outro]
D
Your age is the hardest age

G
Everything drags and drags

D                                            Am
You're looking funny, you ain't laughing are you?

G  D    Am       G  D    G
Sixteen blue     Sixteen blue

G  D    Am       G  D    G
Sixteen blue     Sixteen blue

G  D    Am       G  D    G
Sixteen blue     Sixteen blue

G  D    Am       G  D    G
(You're mine - if you want to)
G D Am G D G G D Am G D G G D Am G D G G D Am G D G G D Am G D G