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Band/Artist: Dr. Hook
Song title: She was only sixteen
Tabbed by: Kirk Van Ryan (Navz)
6th of August 2005 (7:25pm)
She was only sixteen
Intro: (Little solo)
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Verse:
F Bb C Bb
She was only sixteen, only sixteen,
F
But I loved her so,
Bb C
She was too young to fall in love,
Bb C F
And I was too young to know,
F
We'd laugh and we'd sing,
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Bb C Bb
and do funny things,
F
And it made our hearts glow,
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Bb C
She was too young to fall in love,
Bb C F
And I was too young to know,
Bb F
So why did I give my heart so fast,
Bb F
It never will happen again,
Bb F
But I was a mere child of sixteen,
Bb(hold) C (hold)
I've aged a year since then,
F
She was only sixteen,
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Bb C
only sixteen,
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Bb F
Oh, with eyes that would glow,
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Bb C
She was too young to fall in love,
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dr_hook/she_was_only_sixteen_tab.html ]
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Bb C F
And I was too young to know,
Solo:
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Bb F
So why did I give my heart so fast,
Bb F
It never will happen again,
Bb F
But I was a mere child of sixteen,
Bb (hold) C (hold)
I've aged a year since then,
F Bb C Bb
She was only sixteen, only sixteen,
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F
Oh, but I loved that girl so,
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Bb C
She was too young to fall in love,
Bb C F
And I was too young to know.
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Bb C
Yeah she was too young to fall in love,
Bb (hold) C (hold)
And I was too young
F (hold) Bb (hold) Bb7 (hold) F (hold)
I was much too young to know... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
... here it is, and have fun!
Tabbed by: Kirk Van Ryan Quilaquil