Only Sixteen

...ONLY SIXTEEN... by Sam Cooke

*Released 1959*

(Original Key: Ab)

Intro:

Verse 1:

She... was only six-teen, only six-teen, I loved her so.

But she was too young to fall in love, and I was too young to know.

Verse 2:

We'd laugh and we'd sing, and do the little things,

That made my heart glow.

But she was too young to fall in love, and I was too young to know.

Bridge 1:

Why did I give my heart so fast?

It never will happen a-gain.

But I was a mere lad of six-teen;

I've aged a year since then.

Verse 3:

She was only six-teen, only six-teen, with eyes that would glow.

But she was too young to fall in love, and I was too young to know.

Bridge 2:

(Then why did you give your heart so fast?)

It never will happen a-gain.

(But you were a mere lad of six-teen);

I've aged a year since then.

Verse 4:

She was only six-teen, only six-teen, with eyes that would glow.

But she was too young to fall in love, and I was too young to know.

But she was too young to fall in love, and I was too young to know.

She was too young to fall in love, and I was too young to know.

(Fade)

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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)