He Would Be Sixteen Chords

KeyG Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays401

He Would Be Sixteen by Michelle Wright is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords G, D, A, Bm and Fm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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16
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Verse 1 

G                D    G                    D 
She gets in her car october friday night  
G             D           A            Bm              Fm 
Home from work down 31 past franklin high 
G                      D                G                          D  
She can see the stadium lights she can hear the band 
G               D          A              Bm                Fm  
A thousand crazy high school kids screamin' in the stands 
G                                  A  
Quarterback and homecoming queen 
Bm                                     A  
Love to young to know what it means 
D               A                   Bm                 Fm  
She goes back in time oh in her mind it's like a dream  


G        A              D 
He would be would sixteen 
G              A          D  
The son she never knew 
G            A          Bm          G  
It hurt so much to give him up 
D                              A  
But what else could she do 
G           A            D  
He would be sixteen 

 

Verse 2 - Same as above 

A child should have a home she knows her folks were right  
She never heard the couple's name just that they were nice  
She wonders if he's taller than his father was  
Does he drive a car by now has he been in love  
She shakes back to reality she knows  
Things turn out the way they should be  
But she just can help but ask herself does he know about me  



G        A              D 
He would be would sixteen 
G              A          D  
The son she never knew 
G            A          Bm          G  
It hurt so much to give him up 
D                              A  
But what else could she do 
G           A            D  
He would be sixteen 

 

G                   A                 D 
She never even got to hold him 
G                  A                 Bm       G  
And nights like this hurts to miss  
D                  A 
The son she's never seen 
G            A         Bm  
He would be sixteen 
G           A            D  
He would be sixteen 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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100 BPM Andante