Sweet Sixteen Chords by B.B. King
Tempo:
64.25 bpm
Chords used:
C#
G#
F#
C#m
A#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A#m] [F#]
[C#m] [C#] [C#m]
[A#] [F#] [A#]
[G#] [C#] When
[A#m] [G#] [F#] [C#m]
[C#] [C#m] [C#] [G#] [C#]
[D#m] [G#m] I first met you [G#] baby, [F#] you [A#] [C#m]
[G#m] were just sweet sixteen.
[F] [G#]
[C#m] Yes, when I first met you baby, [Cm] [F#] [A#] baby you [C#] were just sweet sixteen.
[C] You're [Fm] just like your [D#m] home town [G#] woman, [F#] [C#m]
[C#m] best thing I'd ever seen.
[F#] [C#] [G#]
[C#] But you wouldn't do nothing baby, you wouldn't do [C#m] anything I ask you to.
[C#]
Yes, you wouldn't do nothing [F#] baby, [C#] anything I ask you to.
[G#] You know you [D#m] ran away from your home baby, [F] [F#] [C#m]
and now you wanna run [Fm] away from home too.
[A#] [C#] [G#m] [F#]
[G#m] You know I love you, [G#] [F#] I [G#] loved you before [C#] I could call your [A#m] name.
[C#] Oh,
[C#m] you know I love you baby, [G#] [F#]
[G#] [C#] I loved you before I [A#] could call your [D#m] name.
[C#] Well it [G#] seems like everything I do now baby, [F#] [C#m] everything [C#] I do is in [A#] vain.
[G#] [F#m]
[G#m] My [C#] brothers in Korea [A#m] baby, [G#] [F#] [D#m]
[C#] sisters down in New Orleans.
[C#] [G#m]
[A#] My brothers [F#] in Korea [C#m] baby, [G#] [F#] [G#] my [C#] sisters down in New Orleans.
[A#] [C#] [C#m]
[D#] Oh, [G#] you know I'm having so much [D#m] trouble woman, [F#] baby I wonder [G#] [C#] what in the world is gonna happen [A#] to [D#m] me.
[C#]
[G#m] You know I love [A#] you, [G#] [F#] and [C#m]
I'll do [C#] anything you [A#m] tell me to.
[D#] [C#] [C#m] [A#] Yes, you know I love you [G#] baby, [F#] baby I love [G#] you, and [C#] I'll do anything you [A#] tell me to.
[C#]
[A#m] [G#] Oh woman, [D#m] [F#]
[G#] [C#] I wonder what I [A#m] wouldn't do for you.
[G#m] [C#m] [A#m]
[A] [G#m] You can treat me mean baby, [F#]
[G#] but I'll [C#] keep on loving [G#] you just the [A#m] same.
[G#m] [C#]
[A#m] Oh, you [F#] can treat me [A#m] mean [C#m] baby, [F#]
[G#] [C#] but I'll keep on loving you just the [A#] same.
[C#m]
[A#m] Oh, [G#] days baby, [D#m] [F#] [C#m] you're gonna [G#] give a lot of [C#] me to hear [F#] someone [D#m] call my [C#m] name.
[A#] [C#]
[C#] [A#m] [A] [C#m] [A#m]
[C#] [A] [C#] The sweetest thing, [Fm] the sweetest [F#] thing, [C#m] the sweetest thing baby.
[F#] [C#m] The [C#] sweetest thing, the sweetest thing [C#m] I've ever [C#] seen.
I'm [G#m] having so much trouble woman, [C#m] [F#] [Gm] baby I wonder, yes I wonder, [F]
baby I wonder, yes I wonder, baby I wonder.
[C#] Oh, I wonder what in the world is gonna happen to me.
[G#m] Oh, [C#] oh, oh.
[F]
[C#m] [C#] [C#m]
[A#] [F#] [A#]
[G#] [C#] When
[A#m] [G#] [F#] [C#m]
[C#] [C#m] [C#] [G#] [C#]
[D#m] [G#m] I first met you [G#] baby, [F#] you [A#] [C#m]
[G#m] were just sweet sixteen.
[F] [G#]
[C#m] Yes, when I first met you baby, [Cm] [F#] [A#] baby you [C#] were just sweet sixteen.
[C] You're [Fm] just like your [D#m] home town [G#] woman, [F#] [C#m]
[C#m] best thing I'd ever seen.
[F#] [C#] [G#]
[C#] But you wouldn't do nothing baby, you wouldn't do [C#m] anything I ask you to.
[C#]
Yes, you wouldn't do nothing [F#] baby, [C#] anything I ask you to.
[G#] You know you [D#m] ran away from your home baby, [F] [F#] [C#m]
and now you wanna run [Fm] away from home too.
[A#] [C#] [G#m] [F#]
[G#m] You know I love you, [G#] [F#] I [G#] loved you before [C#] I could call your [A#m] name.
[C#] Oh,
[C#m] you know I love you baby, [G#] [F#]
[G#] [C#] I loved you before I [A#] could call your [D#m] name.
[C#] Well it [G#] seems like everything I do now baby, [F#] [C#m] everything [C#] I do is in [A#] vain.
[G#] [F#m]
[G#m] My [C#] brothers in Korea [A#m] baby, [G#] [F#] [D#m]
[C#] sisters down in New Orleans.
[C#] [G#m]
[A#] My brothers [F#] in Korea [C#m] baby, [G#] [F#] [G#] my [C#] sisters down in New Orleans.
[A#] [C#] [C#m]
[D#] Oh, [G#] you know I'm having so much [D#m] trouble woman, [F#] baby I wonder [G#] [C#] what in the world is gonna happen [A#] to [D#m] me.
[C#]
[G#m] You know I love [A#] you, [G#] [F#] and [C#m]
I'll do [C#] anything you [A#m] tell me to.
[D#] [C#] [C#m] [A#] Yes, you know I love you [G#] baby, [F#] baby I love [G#] you, and [C#] I'll do anything you [A#] tell me to.
[C#]
[A#m] [G#] Oh woman, [D#m] [F#]
[G#] [C#] I wonder what I [A#m] wouldn't do for you.
[G#m] [C#m] [A#m]
[A] [G#m] You can treat me mean baby, [F#]
[G#] but I'll [C#] keep on loving [G#] you just the [A#m] same.
[G#m] [C#]
[A#m] Oh, you [F#] can treat me [A#m] mean [C#m] baby, [F#]
[G#] [C#] but I'll keep on loving you just the [A#] same.
[C#m]
[A#m] Oh, [G#] days baby, [D#m] [F#] [C#m] you're gonna [G#] give a lot of [C#] me to hear [F#] someone [D#m] call my [C#m] name.
[A#] [C#]
[C#] [A#m] [A] [C#m] [A#m]
[C#] [A] [C#] The sweetest thing, [Fm] the sweetest [F#] thing, [C#m] the sweetest thing baby.
[F#] [C#m] The [C#] sweetest thing, the sweetest thing [C#m] I've ever [C#] seen.
I'm [G#m] having so much trouble woman, [C#m] [F#] [Gm] baby I wonder, yes I wonder, [F]
baby I wonder, yes I wonder, baby I wonder.
[C#] Oh, I wonder what in the world is gonna happen to me.
[G#m] Oh, [C#] oh, oh.
[F]
Key:
C#
G#
F#
C#m
A#
C#
G#
F#
[A#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [A#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [A#] _ _
[G#] _ [C#] When _ _ _ _ _
[A#m] _ [G#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#m] _
_ [C#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [C#] _ [G#] _ [C#] _
[D#m] _ [G#m] I first met you [G#] baby, [F#] you [A#] _ [C#m] _
[G#m] were just sweet sixteen.
_ [F] _ _ [G#]
[C#m] Yes, when I first met you baby, [Cm] _ [F#] _ [A#] baby you [C#] were just sweet sixteen. _ _ _ _
[C] You're [Fm] just like your [D#m] home town [G#] woman, _ [F#] _ _ [C#m]
[C#m] best thing I'd ever seen.
_ [F#] _ [C#] _ _ [G#] _
[C#] But you wouldn't do nothing baby, _ _ you wouldn't do [C#m] anything I ask you to.
_ [C#] _ _
Yes, you wouldn't do nothing [F#] baby, _ _ _ _ [C#] anything I ask you to. _ _ _ _
[G#] You know you [D#m] ran away from your home baby, [F] _ [F#] _ [C#m] _
and now you wanna run [Fm] away from home too.
[A#] _ [C#] _ [G#m] _ [F#] _
[G#m] You know I love you, [G#] [F#] I _ [G#] loved you before [C#] I could call your [A#m] name.
[C#] Oh, _ _
[C#m] you know I love you baby, [G#] _ [F#] _ _ _
[G#] [C#] I loved you before I [A#] could call your [D#m] name.
[C#] Well _ it [G#] seems like everything I do now baby, [F#] _ [C#m] everything [C#] I do is in [A#] vain.
_ [G#] _ _ [F#m]
[G#m] My [C#] brothers in Korea [A#m] baby, [G#] _ [F#] _ _ [D#m]
[C#] sisters down in New Orleans.
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ [G#m]
[A#] My brothers [F#] in Korea [C#m] baby, [G#] _ [F#] _ [G#] my [C#] sisters down in New Orleans.
_ [A#] _ [C#] _ [C#m] _
[D#] Oh, [G#] you know I'm having so much [D#m] trouble woman, _ [F#] baby I wonder [G#] [C#] what in the world is gonna happen [A#] to [D#m] me.
[C#] _ _ _
[G#m] You know I love [A#] you, [G#] [F#] and _ [C#m]
I'll do [C#] anything you [A#m] tell me to.
[D#] _ [C#] _ [C#m] [A#] Yes, _ you know I love you [G#] baby, [F#] _ baby I love [G#] you, and [C#] I'll do anything you [A#] tell me to.
_ [C#] _ _ _
[A#m] _ [G#] Oh woman, _ [D#m] _ [F#] _ _ _
[G#] [C#] I wonder what I [A#m] wouldn't do for you.
[G#m] _ [C#m] _ _ [A#m] _
[A] _ [G#m] You can treat me mean baby, [F#] _ _
[G#] but I'll [C#] keep on loving [G#] you just the [A#m] same.
[G#m] _ [C#] _ _
[A#m] Oh, you [F#] can treat me [A#m] mean [C#m] baby, _ [F#] _ _ _
[G#] [C#] but I'll keep on loving you just the [A#] same.
_ [C#m] _ _
[A#m] Oh, [G#] days baby, [D#m] _ [F#] _ [C#m] you're gonna [G#] give a lot of [C#] me to hear [F#] someone [D#m] call my [C#m] name.
[A#] _ [C#] _
[C#] _ _ [A#m] _ [A] _ [C#m] _ _ [A#m] _ _
[C#] _ _ [A] _ [C#] The sweetest thing, [Fm] the sweetest [F#] thing, [C#m] the sweetest thing baby.
_ [F#] _ [C#m] The [C#] sweetest thing, the sweetest thing [C#m] I've ever [C#] seen.
I'm _ _ [G#m] having so much trouble woman, [C#m] _ [F#] [Gm] baby I wonder, yes I wonder, [F]
baby I wonder, yes I wonder, baby I wonder.
[C#] Oh, I wonder what in the world is gonna happen to me.
_ [G#m] Oh, [C#] oh, oh.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [A#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [A#] _ _
[G#] _ [C#] When _ _ _ _ _
[A#m] _ [G#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#m] _
_ [C#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [C#] _ [G#] _ [C#] _
[D#m] _ [G#m] I first met you [G#] baby, [F#] you [A#] _ [C#m] _
[G#m] were just sweet sixteen.
_ [F] _ _ [G#]
[C#m] Yes, when I first met you baby, [Cm] _ [F#] _ [A#] baby you [C#] were just sweet sixteen. _ _ _ _
[C] You're [Fm] just like your [D#m] home town [G#] woman, _ [F#] _ _ [C#m]
[C#m] best thing I'd ever seen.
_ [F#] _ [C#] _ _ [G#] _
[C#] But you wouldn't do nothing baby, _ _ you wouldn't do [C#m] anything I ask you to.
_ [C#] _ _
Yes, you wouldn't do nothing [F#] baby, _ _ _ _ [C#] anything I ask you to. _ _ _ _
[G#] You know you [D#m] ran away from your home baby, [F] _ [F#] _ [C#m] _
and now you wanna run [Fm] away from home too.
[A#] _ [C#] _ [G#m] _ [F#] _
[G#m] You know I love you, [G#] [F#] I _ [G#] loved you before [C#] I could call your [A#m] name.
[C#] Oh, _ _
[C#m] you know I love you baby, [G#] _ [F#] _ _ _
[G#] [C#] I loved you before I [A#] could call your [D#m] name.
[C#] Well _ it [G#] seems like everything I do now baby, [F#] _ [C#m] everything [C#] I do is in [A#] vain.
_ [G#] _ _ [F#m]
[G#m] My [C#] brothers in Korea [A#m] baby, [G#] _ [F#] _ _ [D#m]
[C#] sisters down in New Orleans.
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ [G#m]
[A#] My brothers [F#] in Korea [C#m] baby, [G#] _ [F#] _ [G#] my [C#] sisters down in New Orleans.
_ [A#] _ [C#] _ [C#m] _
[D#] Oh, [G#] you know I'm having so much [D#m] trouble woman, _ [F#] baby I wonder [G#] [C#] what in the world is gonna happen [A#] to [D#m] me.
[C#] _ _ _
[G#m] You know I love [A#] you, [G#] [F#] and _ [C#m]
I'll do [C#] anything you [A#m] tell me to.
[D#] _ [C#] _ [C#m] [A#] Yes, _ you know I love you [G#] baby, [F#] _ baby I love [G#] you, and [C#] I'll do anything you [A#] tell me to.
_ [C#] _ _ _
[A#m] _ [G#] Oh woman, _ [D#m] _ [F#] _ _ _
[G#] [C#] I wonder what I [A#m] wouldn't do for you.
[G#m] _ [C#m] _ _ [A#m] _
[A] _ [G#m] You can treat me mean baby, [F#] _ _
[G#] but I'll [C#] keep on loving [G#] you just the [A#m] same.
[G#m] _ [C#] _ _
[A#m] Oh, you [F#] can treat me [A#m] mean [C#m] baby, _ [F#] _ _ _
[G#] [C#] but I'll keep on loving you just the [A#] same.
_ [C#m] _ _
[A#m] Oh, [G#] days baby, [D#m] _ [F#] _ [C#m] you're gonna [G#] give a lot of [C#] me to hear [F#] someone [D#m] call my [C#m] name.
[A#] _ [C#] _
[C#] _ _ [A#m] _ [A] _ [C#m] _ _ [A#m] _ _
[C#] _ _ [A] _ [C#] The sweetest thing, [Fm] the sweetest [F#] thing, [C#m] the sweetest thing baby.
_ [F#] _ [C#m] The [C#] sweetest thing, the sweetest thing [C#m] I've ever [C#] seen.
I'm _ _ [G#m] having so much trouble woman, [C#m] _ [F#] [Gm] baby I wonder, yes I wonder, [F]
baby I wonder, yes I wonder, baby I wonder.
[C#] Oh, I wonder what in the world is gonna happen to me.
_ [G#m] Oh, [C#] oh, oh.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _