16 Carriages chords by Beyoncé

• Capo on 1st

🎸 Intro:


C


🎸 Chorus:

        G                 G
Sixteen carriages drivin' away
                    G                    G
While I watch them ride with my dreams away
                  C            C
To the summer sunset on a holy night
               C                      C
On a long back road, all the tears I fight

        G                 G
Sixteen carriages drivin' away
                    G                    G
While I watch them ride with my dreams away
                  C            C
To the summer sunset on a holy night
               C                      C
On a long back road, all the tears I fight


🎸 Verse 1:

                G                  G
At fifteen, the innocence was gone astray
                G                G
Had to leave my home at an early age
           C                    C
I saw Mama prayin', I saw Daddy grind
              C                        C
All my tender problems, had to leave behind


🎸 Pre-Chorus:

          G                        G
It's been umpteen summers, and I'm not in my bed
       G                    G
On the back of the bus in a bunk with the band
G                    G
Goin' so hard, gotta choose myself
G             G
Undеrpaid and overwhelmed
        C                 C
I might cook, clеan, but still won't fold
C                    C
Still workin' all my life, you know
               C               C
Only God knows, only God knows
               C
Only God knows


🎸 Chorus:

        G                 G
Sixteen carriages drivin' away
                    G                    G
While I watch them ride with my fears away
                  C            C
To the summer sunset on a holy night
               C                      C
On a long back road, all the tears I fight

        G                 G
Sixteen carriages drivin' away
                    G                    G
While I watch them ride with my fears away
                  C            C
To the summer sunset on a holy night
               C                      C
On a long back road, all the tears I fight

🎸 Instrumental:

C

🎸 Verse 2:

        G                    G
Sixteen dollars, workin' all day
                  G                   G
Ain't got time to waste, I got art to make
              C                   C
I got love to create on this holy night
           C                       C
They won't dim my light, all these years I fight


🎸 Pre-Chorus:

          G                             G
It's been thirty-eight summers, and I'm not in my bed
       G                    G
On the back of the bus in a bunk with the band
G                    G
Goin' so hard, now I miss my kids
G              G
Overworked and overwhelmed
        C                 C
I might cook, clеan, but still won't fold
C                    C
Still workin' all my life, you know
               C               C
Only God knows, only God knows
               C
Only God knows


🎸 Chorus:

        G                 G
Sixteen carriages drivin' away
                    G                    G
While I watch them ride with my fears away
                  C            C
To the summer sunset on a holy night
               C                      C
On a long back road, all the tears I fight

        G                 G
Sixteen carriages drivin' away
                    G                    G
While I watch them ride with my fears away
                  C            C
To the summer sunset on a holy night
               C                      C
On a long back road, all the tears I fight

🎸 Post-Chorus:

C
Oh, oh
C
Oh


🎸 Bridge:

        G                     G
At fifteen, the innocence was gone astray
        G                      G
Had to take care of home at an early age
      G                  G
I saw Mama cryin', I saw Daddy lyin'
       G                      G
Had to sacrifice and leave my fears behind
          C                          C
The legacy, if it's the last thing I do
          C                                   C
You'll remember me 'cause we got somethin' to prove
        C                       C
In your memory, on a highway to truth
               C                         C
Still see your faces when you close your eyes


🎸 Outro:

C

G                 G
Sixteen carriages drivin' away
G
While I watch them ride with my dreams away