Chords for "Sixteen Going On Seventeen" from The Sound of Music
Tempo:
124.4 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
B
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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Goodbye, Mom!
You told him to say goodnight this early just because your father told you.
How do you know my father?
a way of knowing things.
When were you guys together?
you know two days ago that you would be here at just this time tonight with the telegram?
gets a birthday telegram from his sister.
are -
You told him to say goodnight this early just because your father told you.
How do you know my father?
a way of knowing things.
When were you guys together?
you know two days ago that you would be here at just this time tonight with the telegram?
gets a birthday telegram from his sister.
are -
100% ➙ 124BPM
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Goodbye, Mom!
Riesel!
_ Yes?
You told him to say goodnight this early just because your father told you.
How do you know my father?
_ _ I have a way of knowing things. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ When were you guys together?
Thursday.
I mean, how did you know two days ago that you would be here at just this time tonight with the telegram?
_ _ _ _ Every year on this day he always gets a birthday telegram from his sister.
You see?
You are _ _ _ -
Can I come again tomorrow night?
_ _ Oh, lolz.
Can't be sure you're going to have a telegram for delivery. _ _ _ _
I'm sure I'm not going to have a nearby mistake.
_ With a telegram for Colonel Schneider.
He's here from Berlin.
He's staying with the Galact, _ but_
_ _ _ No one's supposed to know he's here.
_ Don't you tell your father!
Well, [B] why not? _
_ _ Where's the Austrian? _ _
We're all Austrians.
_ _ Some people think we ought to be German.
_ They're pretty mad at those who don't think so, and they're getting ready to_
_ age.
Just hope your father doesn't get into _ _ -
Don't worry _ _ - Separate!
Alright. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ That's just not the [D#] way to do it. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Me?
_ Hmph.
[G] Wow. _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] How old are you, Liesl?
[D] Sixty. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] You wait, little girl, [C#] lining up for the [C] stage.
For fleet to [G] turn the light on.
Your life, little [Em] girl, is an empty page
[C] that men will want [G] to write on.
[B] To [Em] write _ [D] _ _ [G] _ on!
You are [D] sixteen, going on [G] seventeen, baby, it's time to be.
[C#] _ _ Better [D] beware, be [G] petty, be careful, baby, [B] you're on [D] the free.
[B] _ _ [G] You are [D] sixteen, going on [G] seventeen, fellas, so fall in _ [A] line.
[C] Bigger young lads [G] and crew, ace of cats, [A] will offer you food [G] and wine.
_ [C] Totally _ _ unprepared are you to [C] face a world of men. _
_ Tumid and shy and scared are you [G] of things [E] beyond your [B] _ ken.
[G]
You need [D] someone older and wiser [G]
telling you what to do.
_ [Gm] I am [C] [F#] seventeen, you're eighteen, _ [Em] _
I'll [D] take care [G] of you. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ [B] I am sixteen, I'm seven, [E] I know that I'm [C#m] ninety. _ _
[A] But though I need to [E] make happy, I'm free, [A]
I'm [A#] friendly, I [F#m] don't need you.
_ _ _ [E]
I am [B] sixteen, I'm thirteen, innocent as everyone goes.
[A] In that shawl or dandy, [F#] I'm the queen.
_ [F#m]
I'm no [E] outlaw, _ _ _ _ [F#m] I'm the unqueen.
[D#] Prepared am [B] I to face a world [A] of men.
_ Tumid and shy and scared [C#] am I [E] of things beyond my [F#] ken.
_ I need [F#m] someone older and wiser.
_ [G#] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [C#m] You are [C#] seventeen, you are eighteen.
[C#m] Please smile.
_ [B] Yay!
_ [E] And you. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [C] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [D] _ _
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_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ [A#] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
Riesel!
_ Yes?
You told him to say goodnight this early just because your father told you.
How do you know my father?
_ _ I have a way of knowing things. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ When were you guys together?
Thursday.
I mean, how did you know two days ago that you would be here at just this time tonight with the telegram?
_ _ _ _ Every year on this day he always gets a birthday telegram from his sister.
You see?
You are _ _ _ -
Can I come again tomorrow night?
_ _ Oh, lolz.
Can't be sure you're going to have a telegram for delivery. _ _ _ _
I'm sure I'm not going to have a nearby mistake.
_ With a telegram for Colonel Schneider.
He's here from Berlin.
He's staying with the Galact, _ but_
_ _ _ No one's supposed to know he's here.
_ Don't you tell your father!
Well, [B] why not? _
_ _ Where's the Austrian? _ _
We're all Austrians.
_ _ Some people think we ought to be German.
_ They're pretty mad at those who don't think so, and they're getting ready to_
_ age.
Just hope your father doesn't get into _ _ -
Don't worry _ _ - Separate!
Alright. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ That's just not the [D#] way to do it. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Me?
_ Hmph.
[G] Wow. _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] How old are you, Liesl?
[D] Sixty. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] You wait, little girl, [C#] lining up for the [C] stage.
For fleet to [G] turn the light on.
Your life, little [Em] girl, is an empty page
[C] that men will want [G] to write on.
[B] To [Em] write _ [D] _ _ [G] _ on!
You are [D] sixteen, going on [G] seventeen, baby, it's time to be.
[C#] _ _ Better [D] beware, be [G] petty, be careful, baby, [B] you're on [D] the free.
[B] _ _ [G] You are [D] sixteen, going on [G] seventeen, fellas, so fall in _ [A] line.
[C] Bigger young lads [G] and crew, ace of cats, [A] will offer you food [G] and wine.
_ [C] Totally _ _ unprepared are you to [C] face a world of men. _
_ Tumid and shy and scared are you [G] of things [E] beyond your [B] _ ken.
[G]
You need [D] someone older and wiser [G]
telling you what to do.
_ [Gm] I am [C] [F#] seventeen, you're eighteen, _ [Em] _
I'll [D] take care [G] of you. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ [B] I am sixteen, I'm seven, [E] I know that I'm [C#m] ninety. _ _
[A] But though I need to [E] make happy, I'm free, [A]
I'm [A#] friendly, I [F#m] don't need you.
_ _ _ [E]
I am [B] sixteen, I'm thirteen, innocent as everyone goes.
[A] In that shawl or dandy, [F#] I'm the queen.
_ [F#m]
I'm no [E] outlaw, _ _ _ _ [F#m] I'm the unqueen.
[D#] Prepared am [B] I to face a world [A] of men.
_ Tumid and shy and scared [C#] am I [E] of things beyond my [F#] ken.
_ I need [F#m] someone older and wiser.
_ [G#] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ [C#m] You are [C#] seventeen, you are eighteen.
[C#m] Please smile.
_ [B] Yay!
_ [E] And you. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [C] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [D] _ _
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_ [Gm] _ _ [A#] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
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_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _