Only Sixteen Tabs & Lyrics by Sam Cooke

Only Sixteen

guitar tabs lyrics

Sam Cooke

...ONLY SIXTEEN... by Sam Cooke
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*Released 1959*


*CAPO 1st FRET*

(Original Key: Ab)

Verse 1:

D13 G Em7
She was only six-teen,
C D
Only six-teen,
Am7 D7 G
I loved her so.
G Em
But she was too young,
C D
To fall in love,
Am7 D7 G
And I was too young to know.

Verse 2:

D13 G Em
We'd laugh and we'd sing,
C D
and do the little things,
Am7 D7 G
That made my heart glow.
G Em
But she was too young,
C D
To fall in love,
Am7 D7 G
And I was too young to know.

Bridge 1:

Am7 D7 G Em7
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;
Am7 D7
I've aged a year since then.

Verse 3:

D13 G Em7
She was only six-teen,
C D
Only six-teen,
Am7 D7 G
I loved her so.
G Em
But she was too young,
C D
To fall in love,
Am7 D7 G
And I was too young to know.

Bridge 2:

Am7 D7
(Then why did you give,
G Em7
Your heart so fast?
Am7 D7 G Em
(But you were a mere lad of six-teen);
Am7 D7
Oh, I've aged a year since then.

Verse 4:

D13 G Em7
She was only six-teen,
C D
Only six-teen,
Am7 D7 G
I loved her so.
G Em
But she was too young,
C D
To fall in love,
Am7 D7 G
And I was too young to know.

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

(Repeat To Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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D13 G Em7 C D Am7 D7

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx7757 320003 022030 x32010 xx0232 x02013 xx0212


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
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