The Sound Of Music - Sixteen Going On Seventeen Chords

SIXTEEN GOING ON SEVENTEEN
from play and film "The Sound of Music" (1965)
 
Music composed by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
 
Sung by Charmian Carr (as "Liesl") and Daniel Truhitte (as "Rolfe")
https://youtu.be/hwK_WOXjfc0
 
Reprise sung by Julie Andrews (as "Maria") and Charmian Carr (as "Liesl")
https://youtu.be/ZYf_TaNUOvk
 
 
[Intro]
(Rolfe)
          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...
 
 
[Verse 1]
(Rolfe)
G               D                   G                  D
You are sixteen going on seventeen, baby, it's time to think,
Am                G                  C           Am        D     D7
better beware, be canny and careful, baby, you're on the brink
G               D                   G                    D
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.
 
 
[Verse 2]
(Rolfe)
C            Am               G      G7       D
Totally unprepared are you to face a world of men,
C                 Am                G        D         D7
Timid and shy and scared are you of things beyond your ken.
G                   D               G                   C7   C
You'll need someone older and wiser telling you what to do,
G              D                  Am        D       G
I am seventeen going on eighteen, I'll take care of you!
 
 
[Verse 3]
(Liesl)
G            D               G                 D
I am sixteen going seventeen I know that I'm naïve,
Am                 G                      C         Am  D      D7
Fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet, and willingly I believe.
G            D                   G             D
I am sixteen going on seventeen, innocent as a rose.
Am                G                     Am        D       G
Bachelor dandies, drinkers of brandies, what do I know of those?
 
 
[Verse 4]
(Liesl)
C            Am            G      G7       D
Totally unprepared am I to face a world of men,
C                 Am             G        D       D7
Timid and shy and scared am I of things beyond my ken.
G              D                G                  C7   C
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!
 
 
[REPRISE]
 
[Verse 5]
(Maria)
G                   D                   G                   D
When you're sixteen going on seventeen, waiting for life to start.
Am                G                       C        Am         D      D7
Somebody kind who touches your mind, will suddenly touch your heart.
 
(Liesl)
G                  D                 G                    D
When that happens, after it happens, nothing is quite the same
Am                  G                  Am      D        G
Somehow I know I'll jump up and go whenever he calls my name.
 
 
[Verse 6]
(Maria)
C                  Am                G    G7        D
Gone are your old ideas of life, the old ideas grow dim.
C                     Am                  G     D       D7
Low and behold you're someone's wife, and you belong to him.
G                  D                 G                 C7    C
You may think this kind of adventure never may come to you.
G                D                   Am     D       G
Darling, sixteen going on seventeen, wait a year or two
 
 
[Outro]
(Liesl)
     Am     D
I'll wait a year or...
 
[Outro]
(Together)
     Am     D       G
Just wait a year or two
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