Sam Cooke, She Was Only Sixteen (1959)
Key: :[Ab] (w: Sam Cooke)

VERSE 1:
She was [Ab] only six-[Fm]-teen, [Db] only six-[Eb]-teen
[Db] But [Eb] I loved her [Ab] so
[Ab] She was too [Fm] young to [Db] fall in [Eb] love
And [Db] I was too [Eb] young to [Ab] know

VERSE 2:
We'd [Ab] laugh and we'd [Fm] sing, and [Db] do little [Eb] things
[Db] And it [Eb] made our hearts [Ab] glow
[Ab] She was too [Fm] young to [Db] fall in [Eb] love
And [Db] I was too [Eb] young to [Ab] know

BRIDGE:
So [Bbm] why did I give my [Ab] heart so fast
It [Bbm] never will happen a-[Ab]-gain
But [Bbm] I was a mere [Ab] lad of sixteen
[Db] I've aged a year since [Eb] then

VERSE 3:
She was [Ab] only six-[Fm]-teen, [Db] only six-[Eb]-teen
[Db] Oh, with [Eb] eyes that would [Ab] glow
[Ab] She was too [Fm] young to [Db] fall in [Eb] love
And [Db] I was too [Eb] young to [Ab] know

REPEAT BRIDGE:

REPEAT VERSE 3:

OUTRO:
But [Ab] She was too [Fm] young to [Db] fall in [Eb] love
And [Db] I was too [Eb] young to [Ab] know
Whoa [Ab] She was too [Fm] young to [Db] fall in [Eb] love
And [Db] I was too [Eb] young to [Ab] know