Sam Cooke, She Was Only Sixteen (1959)
^{Key: :[A#] (w: Sam Cooke)}

VERSE 1:
She was [A#] only six-[Gm]-teen, [D#] only six-[F]-teen
[D#] But [F] I loved her [A#] so
[A#] She was too [Gm] young to [D#] fall in [F] love
And [D#] I was too [F] young to [A#] know

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

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

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

REPEAT BRIDGE:

REPEAT VERSE 3:

OUTRO:
But [A#] She was too [Gm] young to [D#] fall in [F] love
And [D#] I was too [F] young to [A#] know
Whoa [A#] She was too [Gm] young to [D#] fall in [F] love
And [D#] I was too [F] young to [A#] know