Sound Of Music – Sixteen Going On Seventeen chords

              G                    C               Am     D           G    You wait, little girl, on an empty stage, for fate to turn the light on.
                                    C           Am          D          G    Your life, little girl, is an empty page that men will want to write on.
            Am          - D    To write on...
 
      G           D                              G            E1. You are sixteen going on seventeen, baby, it's time to think,
    Am   G                           C                Am        D     - D7    better beware, be canny and careful, baby, you're on the brink   
G                       D                              G                         E    You are sixteen going on seventeen, fellows will fall in line,
    Am                                G                          Am             D            G    eager young lads and roues and cads will offer you food and wine.
      C                 Am                      G         G7          C    Totally unprepared are you to face a world of men,
     C                            Am                       G           D              A   - D7    timid and shy and scared are you of things beyond your ken.
       G                             D                       G                            D  - D7    You'll need someone older and wiser telling you what to do,
   G                         D                          Am         D         G      - D    I am seventeen going on eighteen, I'll take care of you !
 
   G                     D                            G                   E2. I am sixteen going seventeen I know that I'm naïve,
    Am                          G                                  C       Am  D     - D7    fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet, and willingly I believe.
G                       D                         G                    E    I am sixteen going seventeen, innocent as a rose.
    Am                          G                                Am           D          G    bachelor dandies, drinkers of brandies, what do I know of those ?
      C                 Am                 G         G7         C    Totally unprepared am I to face a world of men,
    C                            Am                    G          D            A   - D7    timid and shy and scared am I of things beyond my ken.
   G                          D                       G                           D  - D7    I need someone older and wiser, telling me what to do,
      G                            D                        Am     D            G         you are seventeen going on eighteen I'll depend on you!
 
(capo 1st)       (Julie Andrews)