(SHE WAS) ONLY SIXTEEN

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

(SHE WAS) ONLY SIXTEEN. BY SAM COOKE
SOUNDS NICE IN Bb
PLAY AT MODERATE TEMPO.


 -6  6   5 6   5   4   4  -4  4   5
SHE WAS ON-LY SIX-TEEN ON-LY SIX-TEEN
-5 -4  4    -4  5 6 5
OH I LOVED HER SO-O-O
 -4  -5 5    4   5   -5  -6  6
SHE WAS TO YOUNG TO FALL IN LOVE
 5  4  5  4    3   -3  4
AND I WAS TO YOUNG TO KNOW
  5     6    -6   6    5    4  -4  4  -4    5
WE'ED LAUGH AND WE'ED SING AND DO LIT-TLE THINGS
 -6   6    5  4   -4    5  6  5
HOW THEY MADE MY HEART GLO-O-OW
-6   6   5   4   -4  5   -6  6
SHE WAS TO YOUNG TO FALL IN LOVE 
 5  4  5  4    3   -3  4
AND I WAS TO YOUNG TO KNOW

 6   -6 6   5  4   -4   5   4
WHY DID I GIVE MY HEART SO FAST
-4  4  5   6    -6  6  5  6
IT NEV-ER WILL HAP-PEN A-GAIN
 5  4  5  -6 6    5  4   -4  5
BUT I WAS A MERE LAD OF SIX-TEEN
 -6   6   5  4    -4   5  6 
I'VE AGED A YEAR SINCE TH-EN
 5  -5   6 -6  6   5    4 -4  4   5
SHE WAS ON-LY SIX-TEEN ON-LY SIX-TEEN
 -5   5    4    -4    5  6  5
WITH EYES THAT WOULD GLO-O-OW
 -6  6  5    4   -4  5   -6  6
SHE WAS TO YOUNG TO FALL IN LOVE
 5  4  5  4    3   -3  4
AND I WAS TO YOUNG TO KNOW

 -6   6   -6  6   5    4    -4   -5  5
THEN WHY DID YOU GIVE YOUR HEART SO FAST?
6  -6    6   5 -4   4  -4  5
I CAN'T LET IT HAP-PEN A-GAIN!
 -4  4   5  -6  6    5  4  -4   4
BUT YOU WERE A MERE LAD OF SIX-TEEN
 -6   6   5  4    -4   5  6
I'VE AGED A YEAR SINCE TH-EN
 6   -6  5  6  5   4   4  -4  4   5
SHE WAS ON-LY SIX-TEEN ON-LY SIX-TEEN
 -5   5    4     -4   5  6 5
WITH EYES THAT WOULD GLO-O-OW
 5   -6  6   5   4   -4  5   -6  6
BUT SHE WAS TO YOUNG TO FALL IN LOVE
 5  4  5   4   3   -3  4
AND I WAS TO YOUNG TO KNOW
 5   -5 5   4    5   -5  -6  6
SHE WAS TO YOUNG TO FALL IN LOVE
 5  4  5  4    3   -3   4
AND I WAS TO YOUNG TO KNOW

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