Chuck Berry, Sweet Little Sixteen (1958)
Key: :[Eb] (w: Chuck Berry)
INTRO: [*R1]
CHORUS:
They're really rocking on
[Bb] bandstand, Philadelphia P.-
[Eb]-A.
Deep in the heart of
[Bb] Texas, and round the Frisco
[Eb] bay
All over St.
[G#] Louis, way down in new Or-
[Eb]-leans
All the cats wanna dance
[Bb] with, sweet little six-
[Eb]-teen
VERSE 1:
Sweet little six-
[Bb]-teen, she's just got to
[Eb] have
About half a
[Bb] million, framed auto-
[Eb]-graphs
Her wallets filled with
[G#] pictures, she gets 'em one by
[Eb] one
She gets so ex-
[Bb]-cited, watch her look at her
[Eb] run boy
BRIDGE:
Oh mommy,
[G#] mommy, please may I
[Eb] go
Its such a sight to
[Bb] see, somebody steal the
[Eb] show
Oh daddy,
[G#] daddy, I beg of
[Eb] you
Whisper to
[Bb] mommy, it's alright with
[Eb] you
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
REPEAT CHORUS
VERSE 2:
Sweet little six-
[Bb]-teen, she's got the grown up
[Eb] blues
Tight dress and
[Bb] lipstick, she's sporting high heal
[Eb] shoes
Oh, but tomorrow
[G#] morning, she'll have to change her
[Eb] trend
And be sweet
[Bb] sixteen, and back in class a-
[Eb]-gain
REPEAT CHORUS
