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

VERSE 1:
She was [G] only six-[Em]-teen, [C] only six-[D]-teen
[C] But [D] I loved her [G] so
[G] She was too [Em] young to [C] fall in [D] love
And [C] I was too [D] young to [G] know

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

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

VERSE 3:
She was [G] only six-[Em]-teen, [C] only six-[D]-teen
[C] Oh, with [D] eyes that would [G] glow
[G] She was too [Em] young to [C] fall in [D] love
And [C] I was too [D] young to [G] know

REPEAT BRIDGE:

REPEAT VERSE 3:

OUTRO:
But [G] She was too [Em] young to [C] fall in [D] love
And [C] I was too [D] young to [G] know
Whoa [G] She was too [Em] young to [C] fall in [D] love
And [C] I was too [D] young to [G] know