She Was Only Sixteen chords by Sam Cooke

Chords with lyrics

Only Sixteen:Sam Cooke.
#23 in 1959.

#1. (Capo 5th fret for original.)
C majorC           FF    G+G
She was only sixteen, only sixteen.
G+G      C majorC
I loved her so.
C majorC            FF    G+G
But she was too young to fall in love,
G+G           C majorC
And I was too young to know.

#2.
C majorC            FF       G+G
We'd laugh and we'd sing and do little things,
G+G         C majorC
that made my heart glow.
C majorC            FF    G+G
But she was too young to fall in love,
G+G           C majorC
And I was too young to know.

CHORUS:
FF     G7G7   C majorC
Why did I give my heart so fast?
FF       G7G7   C majorC
It never will happen again.
C majorC  FF      C majorC
But I was a mere lad of sixteen,
D MajorD           G+G
I've aged a year since then.

#3.
C majorC           FF    G+G
She was only sixteen, only sixteen,
G+G          C majorC
with eyes that would glow.
C majorC            FF    G+G
But she was too young to fall in love,
G+G           C majorC
And I was too young to know.

CHORUS:

REPEAT:#3.
ADD:
C majorC            FF    G+G
But she was too young to fall in love,
G+G           C majorC
And I was too young to know.(x2)Fade.


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