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

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

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

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

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

REPEAT BRIDGE:

REPEAT VERSE 3:

OUTRO:
But [Gb] She was too [Ebm] young to [B] fall in [Db] love
And [B] I was too [Db] young to [Gb] know
Whoa [Gb] She was too [Ebm] young to [B] fall in [Db] love
And [B] I was too [Db] young to [Gb] know