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Sixteen Going On Seventeen by Sound of Music - Guitar Chords
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song: Sixteen going on Seventeen (Rodgers/Hammerstein)
From the album: The Sound of Music
Chord analysis: Mats Fagergren 2016-05-07
This version is from the Album/record.
(In the movie we have an other bridge and outtro..)
Use these chords:
E,A,D,G,B,e. E,A,D,G,B,e
Ebdim. x,6,7,5,7,5 Eb7-9. x,6,5,6,5,x
Eb13. x,6,8,6,8,8 Bb7. 6,8,6,7,6,6
Eb7. x,6,8,6,8,6 C. x,3,2,0,1,0
Ab. 4,6,6,5,4,4. D9. x,5,4,5,5,5
Bb9. x,1,0,1,1,1. E. 0,2,2,1,0,0
Eb11. x,6,6,6,6,x. A13. 5,7,5,6,7,5
Ab6. x,x,6,5,6,4. A7. 5,7,5,6,5,5
Bbm7-5. 6,x,6,6,5,x. D. x,x,0,2,3,2
Bbm7. 6,8,6,6,6,6. Ddim. x,x,0,1,0,1
Eb+9. x,6,8,6,6,x. G/A. x,0,0,0,0,1
Abdim. 4,5,6,4,6,4. D6. x,x,0,2,0,2
F9. x,8,7,8,8,8. B9. x,2,1,2,2,2
Bb13. 6,8,6,7,8,6. E13. 0,2,0,1,2,0
Eb9. x,6,5,6,6,6. A9. 5,4,5,4,x,x alt x,x,7,6,8,7
Db. x,4,6,6,6,4. Em7. 0,2,0,0,0,0
Db-5. x,4,5,6,6,x. G. (3),5,5,4,3,(3)
Ab7-9. x,x,6,5,7,5. G-5. (3),5,5,4,2,(3)
D7-9. x,5,4,5,4,x. A7. x,0,2,0,2,0
Adim. x,0,1,2,1,2. Em7-5 x,7,6,7,6,x
A7-9. x,x,7,6,8,6. Eb6. x,6,8,8,8,8
G6. x,10,12,12,12,12
[intro]
Ebdim Eb13 Eb7
[verse]
(Rolf)
Ab
You wait little girl
Bb9
On an empty stage
Eb11 Ab6
For fate to turn the light on
Ab
Your life little girl
Bb9
Is an empty page
Eb11 Ab6
That men will want to write on
(Liesl)
Bbm7-5 Bbm7 Eb+9 Eb7
To write on
(Rolf)
Ab Abdim Ab Eb11 Eb7
You are sixteen going on seventeen
Ab6 F9 Bb13
Baby it's time to think
Eb9
Better beware
Ab
Be canny and careful
Bbm7 Eb9 Eb7
Baby you're on the brink
Ab Abdim Ab Eb11 Eb7
You are sixteen going on seventeen
Ab6 F9 Bb13
Fellows will fall in line
Eb9
Eager young lads
Ab
And roués and cads
Bbm7 Eb9 Ab
Will offer you food and wine
[part 2]
Db Db-5
Totally unprepared are you
Ab7-9 Db
To face a world of men
Db Db-5
Timid and shy and scared are you
Ab F9 Bb13 Eb7
Of things beyond your Kin
[chorus]
Ab Abdim Ab Eb11
You need some-one
Eb7 Bbm7 Ebdim Eb7
Older and wi----ser
Ab Bbm7-5
Telling you what to do
Ab Abdim Ab Eb11 Eb7
I am seventeen going on eighteen
Bbm7 Eb7-9 Ab
I'll take care of you
[optional bridge ...with constant e-tone over the chords..Liesel sing in the key of D]
Bb7 Eb7-9 ///// C // D9 // E // D9 //
A13 A7
[chorus]
(Liesel)
D Ddim D G/A A7
I am sixteen going on seventeen
D6 B9 E13
I know that I'm naive
A9 D
Fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet
Em7 E13 A7
And willingly I believe
D Ddim D G/A A7
I am sixteen going on seventeen
D B9 E13
innocent as a rose
A9
Bachelor dandies
D
Drinkers of brandies
Em7 A7 D
What do I know of those?
[part 2]
G G-5
Totally unprepared am I
D7-9 G
To face a world of men
G G-5
Timid and shy and scared am I
D B9 E13 A7
Of things beyond my Kin
[chorus]
D Ddim D G/A
I need someone
A7 Em7 Adim A7
Older and wi--ser
D Em7-5
Telling me what to do
D Ddim D G/A A7
You are seventeen going on eighteen
Em7 A7-9 D
I'll depend on you
[optonal outtro (different versions on different recordings) one hit on each chord]
D Ddim D G/A A7 Em7 Adim A7
D G Ddim D
Em7-5 Bb13 Eb6 D7 G6
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