Artist: | Sound of Music (English) |
User: | Rob de Klerk |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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Comment: | - |
Key: G (capo 1st)
G C Am D G
You wait, little girl, on an empty stage, for fate to turn the light on.
C Am D G
Your life, little girl, is an empty page that men will want to write on.
Am - D
To write on...
G D G E
1. You are sixteen going on seventeen, baby, it's time to think,
Am D G C Am D - D7
better beware, be canny and careful, baby, you're on the brink
G D G E
You are sixteen going on seventeen, fellows will fall in line,
Am G Am D G
eager young lads and roues and cads will offer you food and wine.
C Am G G7 C
Totally unprepared are you to face a world of men,
C Am G D A - D7
timid and shy and scared are you of things beyond your ken.
G D G D - D7
You'll need someone older and wiser telling you what to do,
G D Am D G - D
I am seventeen going on eighteen, I'll take care of you !
G D G E
2. I am sixteen going seventeen I know that I'm naïve,
Am D G C Am D - D7
fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet, and willingly I believe.
G D G E
I am sixteen going on seventeen, innocent as a rose.
Am D G Em Am D G
bachelor dandies, drinkers of brandies, what do I know of those ?
C Am G G7 C
Totally unprepared am I to face a world of men,
C Am G D A - D7
timid and shy and scared am I of things beyond my ken.
G D G D - D7
I need someone older and wiser, telling me what to do,
G D Am D G
you are seventeen going on eighteen I'll depend on you!
(capo 1st) (Julie Andrews)