Only Sixteen Chords
by Sam Cooke
Only Sixteen by Sam Cooke is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords C, F, G, G7 and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Only Sixteen:Sam Cooke.
#23 in 1959.
#1. ( for original.)
C F G
She was only sixteen, only sixteen.
G C
I loved her so.
C F G
But she was too young to fall in love,
G C
And I was too young to know.
#2.
C F G
We'd laugh and we'd sing and do little things,
G C
that made my heart glow.
C F G
But she was too young to fall in love,
G C
And I was too young to know.
Chorus:
F G7 C
Why did I give my heart so fast?
F G7 C
It never will happen again.
C F C
But I was a mere lad of sixteen,
D G
I've aged a year since then.
#3.
C F G
She was only sixteen, only sixteen,
G C
with eyes that would glow.
C F G
But she was too young to fall in love,
G C
And I was too young to know.
Chorus:
REPEAT:#3.
ADD:
C F G
But she was too young to fall in love,
G C
And I was too young to know.(x2)Fade.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.