Dr. Hook, She Was Only Sixteen (1975)
^{Key: :[F] (w: Herb Alpert, Lou Adler, Sam Cooke)}

INTRO: [F] [Dm] ^[Bb] ^[C]

CHORUS 1:
She was [F] only sixteen, ^[Bb] only six-^[C]-teen
[Bb] But ^[C] I loved her [F] so
[F] She was too young to ^[Bb] fall in ^[C] love
And ^[Bb] I was too ^[C] young to [F] know

VERSE 1:
We'd [F] laugh and we'd sing, and ^[Bb] do funny ^[C] things
[Bb] And it ^[C] made our hearts [F] glow
[F] She was too young to ^[Bb] fall in ^[C] love
And ^[Bb] I was too ^[C] young to [F] know

BRIDGE:
So ^[Bb] why did I ^[C] give my [F] heart so fast
It ^[Bb] never will ^[C] happen a-[F]-gain
But ^[Bb] I was a ^[C] mere [F] child of six-[Dm]-teen
[G open] I've aged a year since [C open] then

CHORUS 2:
She was [F] only sixteen, ^[Bb] only six-^[C]-teen
[Bb] Oh, with ^[C] eyes that would [F] glow
[F] She was too young, to ^[Bb] fall in ^[C] love
And ^[Bb] I was too ^[C] young to [F] know

INSTRUMENTAL: [over CHORUS 1]

REPEAT BRIDGE:

CHORUS 3:
She was [F] only sixteen, ^[Bb] only six-^[C]-teen
[Bb] ooh but ^[C] I love that girl [F] so
[F] She was too young to ^[Bb] fall in ^[C] love
And ^[Bb] I was too ^[C] young to [F] know

OUTRO:
And ^[Bb open] I was too ^[C open] young
I was much too young, to [F] know [Bb] [Bbm] [F]