Sam Cooke – She Was Only Sixteen chords

Only Sixteen:Sam Cooke.
#23 in 1959.

#1. (Capo 5th fret for original.)
C                     F       GShe was only sixteen, only sixteen.
G           CI loved her so.
C                        F       GBut she was too young to fall in love,
G                      CAnd I was too young to know.

#2.
C                        F             GWe'd laugh and we'd sing and do little things,
G                  Cthat made my heart glow.
C                        F       GBut she was too young to fall in love,
G                      CAnd I was too young to know.

CHORUS:
F         G7      CWhy did I give my heart so fast?
F             G7      CIt never will happen again.
C   F            CBut I was a mere lad of sixteen,
D                      GI've aged a year since then.

#3.
C                     F       GShe was only sixteen, only sixteen,
G                    Cwith eyes that would glow.
C                        F       GBut she was too young to fall in love,
G                      CAnd I was too young to know.

CHORUS:

REPEAT:#3.
ADD:
C                        F       GBut she was too young to fall in love,
G                      CAnd I was too young to know.(x2)Fade.


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