Chords for 16 going on 17, Lyrics onscreen

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You [Ab] wait little girl on an [Bb] empty stage for [Bbm] fate to turn the [Ab] light on
_ _ Your life little girl is an [Bb] empty page that [Db] men will want [Ab] to write on _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ You [Ab] _ are 16 [Eb] going on 17 [Ab] baby, it's time to [C] think
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Bbm] Better beware be [Ab] canny and careful [Bb] baby you're on the [Eb] brink _ _ _
You are 16 going on 17 [Ab] fellows will [Eb] fall in [Cm]
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_ [Bb] _ _ [Bbm] Eager young [Eb] lads and [Ab] brew ways and cats will [Bbm] offer you [Eb] food and [Ab] wine _ _ _
[Db] Totally _ _ _ unprepared are you [Ab] to face a world of [Db]
men?
_ _ _ _ Tethered and shy and scared are you?
[Ab] things beyond [Eb] your [Bbm] can _ _ _
[Ab] You need someone [Eb] older and wiser
[Ab] Telling you what to [E] do
_ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] I am
17 [Cm] going on [Fm] 18. _
I'll [Bb] _ take [Eb] care _ _
of [Ab] you
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_ [D] I am 16 [Am] going on 17.
[D] I know that I'm [Gbm]
naive
_ _ [E] _ Fellows [Em] I meet may [D] tell me I'm sweet and [Em] willingly I [A] believe _ _ _ _
I
am 16 going [Am] on 17
_ [A] Innocent as [Bm] a rose
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_ _ [Em] Bachelor dandies [D] _
drinkers of brandies.
What [A] do I know of [D] those?
_ _ _ [G] _ _ Totally _ unprepared am I to face a world of men? _ _ _
Timid and shy and scared am I of [D] things _ beyond my can [A] I?
_ [D] Need _ [Em] someone older and wiser [D] telling me what to [Em] do
_ _ You are 17
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[D] you _ _ _ _ _ _
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