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Sixteen Going On Seventeen

by The Sound Of Music · harmonica tab for C diatonic harmonica

24 bent notes319 notesHoles 4–6Diatonic
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4 = blow hole 4-4 = draw hole 4’ = bend
You wait, lit-tle girl,
On an emp-ty stage
For fate to turn the light on
Your life, lit-tle girl,
Is an emp-ty page
That men will want to write on
To write on
You are six-teen go-ing on sev-en-teen
Ba-by, it's time to think
Bet-ter be-ware, be can-ny and care-ful
Ba-by, you're on the brink
You are six-teen go-ing on sev-en-teen
Fel-lows will fall in line
Ea-ger young lads and rou-es and cads
Will off-er you food and wine
To-tal-ly un-pre-pared are you
To face a world of men
Ti-mid and shy and scared are you
Of things be-yond your ken
You need some-one old-er and wis-er
Tell-ing you what to do
I am sev-en-teen go-ing on eigh-teen
I'll take care of you
A bell is no bell till you ring it
A song is no song till you sing it
And love in your heart was-n't put there to stay
Love is-n't love till you give it a-way
When you're six-teen go-ing on sev-en-teen
Wait-ing for life to start
Some-bod-y kind who touch-es your mind
Will sud-den-ly touch your heart
When that hap-pens, af-ter it hap-pens
Noth-ing is quite the same
Some-how I know I'll jump up and go
If ev-er he calls my name
Gone are your old i-deas of life
The old i-deas grow dim
Lo and be-hold! You're some-one's wife
And you be-long to him
You may think this kind of ad-ven-ture
Nev-er may come to you
Dar-ling six-teen go-ing on sev-ent-teen
Wait a year or two