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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3 Version 4[Intro] G A9 Am7/D G6 You wait, little girl, on an empty stage, for fate to turn the light on G A9 Am7/D G6 Your life, little girl, is an empty page that men will want to write on Am D To write on [Verse 1] G D7 G6 Em7 You are sixteen going on seventeen, baby, it's time to think Am D G Am7 A7 D7 Better beware, be canny and careful, baby, you're on the brink G D7 G Em7 You are sixteen going on seventeen, fellows will fall in line Am G Am7 D G Eager young lads and roues and cads will offer you food and wine C A G7 C Totally unprepared are you to face a world of men C A G E9 A7 D7 Timid and shy and scared are you of things beyond your ken G D7 G Cm You'll need someone older and wiser telling you what to do G E7 A9 Amin G D I am seventeen going on eighteen, I'll take care of you ! [Verse 2] G D7 G6 Em7 I am sixteen going seventeen, I know that I'm naïve Am D G Am7 A7 D7 Fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet, and willingly I believe G D7 G Em7 I am sixteen going on seventeen, innocent as a rose Am G Am7 D G Bachelor dandies, drinkers of brandies, what do I know of those ? C A G7 C Totally unprepared am I to face a world of men C A G E9 A7 D7 Timid and shy and scared am I of things beyond my ken G D7 G Cm I need someone older and wiser, telling me what to do G E7 A9 Amin G You are seventeen going on eighteen I'll depend on you!