Sweet Sixteen chords by Destiny's Child

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
  E MajorE
You couldn't tell little Jackie
    A augmentedA
nothing

  E MajorE             A augmentedA
Sixteen, thought she knew it all

She was searching for the love she missed, yeah
  E MajorE
And so she ran away

Pre-Chorus:
  E MajorE
Slow Down
  A augmentedA
You're moving way too fast
  E MajorE
Sixteen

There's so much for you to have


Chorus:

Sweet sixteen
  A augmentedA            E MajorE
Do you know where you're running to?

Do you know?

Sweet sixteen


Verse 2:
   A augmentedA
She fell in love with a man who was so fine (So fine)
  E MajorE
He made her promises, yeah
    A augmentedA
She didn't stopped to think if he was serious no, no, no
   E MajorE
Until she had his baby

Sweet sixteen

Pre-Chorus:
  E MajorE
Slow down
    A augmentedA
You're moving way too fast
   E MajorE
Sixteen

There's so much for you ahead, oh


Chorus:
    A augmentedA
Sweet sixteen (Sweet sixteen)
               E MajorE
Do you know where you're running to?
  G+G            E MajorE
Feel like you've got no where to go


Break:
   F# minorF#m
Sixteen years (Mmhm)
  C# minorC#m
Sixteen prayers (Wha what?)
   F# minorF#m
Sixteen reason why I care (Yeah, yeah)
   G# minorG#m
Sixteen tears (Uh huh)

You're sixteen still (Yea, yea)
      E MajorE
Sweet sixteen

Girl


Bridge:
 E MajorE
I know you're feelin' lonely (I know you're feeling lonely)

Who you gonna turn to? (Who you gonna turn to?)
         A augmentedA
Feels like the world is closing in on you (On you)

Sweet sixteen
        C# minorC#m
You need to cherish what you have
     G# minorG#m
You can forget about the past
        A augmentedA
Now you can start all over

You can start all over and
  BB      F# minorF#m
Cherish your life


Pre-Chorus:
    E MajorE
Slow down
     A augmentedA
You're moving way too fast
 E MajorE
Your only sixteen
         F# minorF#m
There's so much more to life ahead,
E MajorE
ohh


Chorus:
     A augmentedA
Sweet sixteen (Sweet sixteen)
              E MajorE
Do you know where you're running to?

Sweet sixteen, girl I know it gets hard, so take take it slow
     A augmentedA
Sweet sixteen (Sweet sixteen!)

Do you know where you're going to?
   E MajorE
(Do you know, do you know, do you know? Going to yeah)
  A augmentedA
Sweet sixteen, at sixteen
      E MajorE
At sixteen (Do you know)
 G+G      A augmentedA
Do you know where you're going to?
  E MajorE
(Where you, where you goin to, where you, where you goin to)

Sweet sixteen, do you know where you’re going to?