She Was Only Sixteen by Sam Cooke
Key: AbAb | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Ab                    Db      Eb
She was only sixteen, only sixteen.
Eb          Ab
I loved her so.
Ab                       Db      Eb
But she was too young to fall in love,
Eb                     Ab
And I was too young to know.
#2.
Ab                       Db            Eb
We'd laugh and we'd sing and do little things,
Eb                 Ab
that made my heart glow.
Ab                       Db      Eb
But she was too young to fall in love,
Eb                     Ab
And I was too young to know.
Chorus:
Db        Eb7     Ab
Why did I give my heart so fast?
Db            Eb7     Ab
It never will happen again.
Ab  Db           Ab
But I was a mere lad of sixteen,
Bb                     Eb
I've aged a year since then.
#3.
Ab                    Db      Eb
She was only sixteen, only sixteen,
Eb                   Ab
with eyes that would glow.
Ab                       Db      Eb
But she was too young to fall in love,
Eb                     Ab
And I was too young to know.
Chorus:
Db        Eb7     Ab
Why did I give my heart so fast?
Db            Eb7     Ab
It never will happen again.
Ab  Db           Ab
But I was a mere lad of sixteen,
Bb                     Eb
I've aged a year since then.
#4.
Ab                    Db      Eb
She was only sixteen, only sixteen,
Eb                   Ab
with eyes that would glow.
Ab                       Db      Eb
But she was too young to fall in love,
Eb                     Ab
And I was too young to know.
Outro:
Ab                       Db      Eb
But she was too young to fall in love,
Eb                     Ab
And I was too young to know.(x2)Fade.