She Was Only Sixteen Chords
by Dr. Hook
She Was Only Sixteen by Dr. Hook is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords C, Bb, F, Dm, G7, C7 and Bbm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C Bb C
F Bb C Bb
She was only sixteen, only sixteen,
C 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,
Bb C Bb
We'd laugh and we'd sing, and do funny things,
C F
And it made our hearts glow,
Bb C
She was too young to fall in love,
Bb C F
And I was too young to know,
Bb C F
So why did I give my heart so fast,
Bb C F
It never will happen again,
Bb C F Dm
But I was a mere child of sixteen,
G7 C7
I've aged a year since then,
F Bb C
She was only sixteen, only sixteen,
Bb C F
Oh, with eyes that would glow,
Bb C
She was too young to fall in love,
Bb C F
And I was too young to know,
Solo: (F Bb C Bb C F) (Chorus)
F Bb C
She was only sixteen, only sixteen,
Bb C F
Oh, but I loved that girl so,
Bb C
She was too young to fall in love,
Bb C F
And I was too young to know.
Bb C
Yeah, She was too young to fall in love,
Bb C F
And I was too young, I was much to young to know
Bb Bbm F
Yeeaaahhh...