Chords for Sixteen Going On Seventeen

_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] You wait little girl [Bb] on an empty stage for [Bbm] fate to turn the light [Ab] on
_ Your life little girl [Bb] is an empty page that [Db] men will want [Ab] to write on _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] You are [Eb] 16 going on [Ab] 17 baby, it's time [C] to think
[Gm] _ _ [Bbm] Better beware [Ab] be canny and [Bbm] careful baby.
You're on [Eb] the brink
_ _ [Ab] You are [Eb] 16 going on [Fm] 17 fellows will fall [Cm] in line
[Gm] _ _ [Bbm] Eager young lads [Ab] and brew ways and cats [Bbm] will offer you food [Fm] and wine [Bb] _ _ [Db] I'm
Totally _ unprepared are you [Bb] to face a world [Db] of men?
_ _ _ Timid and shy and scared are you [Ab] things [F] beyond your game?
_ You need [Db] someone [Bbm] older and [Eb] wiser [Ab] telling you what [Bb] to do I
Am [Db] 17 [Cm] going on 18
[Fm] _ I _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ am [Dbm] _ _ _
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_ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Gbm] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ 16 [A] going on 17.
[D] I know that [D] I'm naive _
[E] _ _ [Em] Fellows I meet may tell me sweet and [Dbm] willingly I [A] believe I
[D] _ Am [Em] [A] 16 going on [D] 17 innocent as a [E] rose
_ [Em] _
Bachelor [D] dandies drinkers of brandies.
[Em] What do [Db] I know of those?
[A] _ _ [G] _ _
Totally unprepared am I [E] to face a world of men?
_ _ Timid and shy and scared am I [D] of things [Eb]
beyond [E] my game?
_ [D] I need [G]
[A] someone older and [Em] wiser
Telling me what [E] to do
_ You [Gb] are [Gbm] 17
[B] On _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] you _ _ _
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[B] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _