Sweet Sixteen Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays615

Sweet Sixteen by Billy Idol is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am7, F, G, Am2, C and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Am
Text
16
Speed
  			
intro: Am7

Am7
i´ll do anything for my sweet sixteen
and i´ll do anything for little runaway child
		       F                       Am7
gave my heart an engagement ring, she took everything
             G                          Am7 
everything i gave her, my sweet sixteen
                   F
built a moon for a rocking chair, i never guessed it would
G
rock her far from her, oh, oh, oh, oh oh

F                 G                   Am2 
someone´s built a candy castle for my sweet sixteen
someone´s bulit a candy brain and filled it in

                Am7
well i´ll do anything for my sweet sixteen
oh i´ll do anything for little runaway child
                   F                       Am7 
well memories will burn you, mem´ries grow older as people can
                  G                      Am7       F
they just get colder, like sweet sixteen      oh i see it´s clear, baby 
     G
that you are all through here, oh, oh, oh, oh oh

F                 G                   Am2 
someone´s built a candy castle for my sweet sixteen
someone´s bulit a candy house to house her in,   oh oh
someone´s built a candy castle for my sweet sixteen
someone´s bulit a candy brain and filled it in

            Am7
and i do anything for my sweet sixteen 
oh i do anything for little runaway girl

F   C   G 
        yeah, sad and lonely and blue
        gettin´ over you
F      C            G
  how,   how do you think it feels, yeah  
F   C        G
      to get up in the morning, get over you, 
up in the morning, get over you
wipe away the tears, get over you    
get over, get over my sweet sixteen?     Am7
Am7
oh, runaway child, oh sweet sixteen, little runaway girl
		       F                       Am
gave my heart an engagement ring, she left everything
             G                          Am 
everything i gave her, my sweet sixteen

                   F
built a moon for a rocking chair, i never guessed it would
G
rock her far from her, oh, oh, oh, oh oh

F                 G                   Am2 
someone´s built a candy castle for my sweet sixteen
someone´s bulit a candy house to house her in         2*
      
            Am7
and i do anything for my sweet sixteen
oh  i´ll  do anything for my runaway child
do anything for my sweet sixteen
i´d do anything for little runaway girl
oh sweet sixteen, oh sweet sixteen, little runaway girl
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante