Sixteen Candles-The Crests-1958 Chords

Tempo:
113.05 bpm
Chords used:

Bb

F

Eb

Gb

Ebm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Sixteen Candles-The Crests-1958 chords
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[Gm] Happy Birthday, [Gb] Happy Birthday [Bb] to you.
[F] You sow sixteen [Bb] candles.
[Dm]
[Bb] Make a lovely [Eb] light,
[Ebm] but not [F] as bright as your eyes [Bb] tonight.
[F] Blow out [Bb] [Dm]
[Bb] [D]
this [Eb] country,
[Ebm]
[F] [E]
[F] that you love [Bb] me too.
[Eb]
[Bb] You're only [Eb] sixteen, [Bb]
[Eb] but you're my teenage [Bb] queen.
[Gm] Youngest,
[Gb] healthiest [Bb] girl
[C] I've ever [Cm]
seen.
[F]
[Bb] Sixteen candles in my heart [Eb] will
[Ebm] [Gb]
[F] stand ever.
[C]
[F] For I love [Bb] you so.
[Eb] For I love [Bb] you so.
You're only [Eb] sixteen, but you're my [Cm] teenage [Bb] queen.
[Gm] [Gb]
[Bb] [C]
[Cm] Youngest, healthiest girl I've ever seen.
[F]
[Bb] Sixteen candles
[F] [Bb] in my heart [Eb]
[Ebm]
[F] will stand ever.
For I love [Bb] you so.
[Eb] For I love [Bb] you so.
Key:  
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
Eb
12341116
Gb
134211112
Ebm
13421116
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
Eb
12341116
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To learn Johnny Maestro - Sixteen Candles chords, grasp the musical fabric of the song with this sequence - Ebm, F, Bb, Eb and Bb of chords. For a smooth transition, initiate your practice at 56 BPM and gradually match the song's pace of 113 BPM. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: Bb Major.

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[Gm] _ _ _ Happy Birthday, [Gb] _ _ Happy Birthday [Bb] to you. _ _
[F] You _ sow _ sixteen [Bb] candles.
_ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ Make a lovely [Eb] light, _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ but not [F] as bright _ _ _ _ _ as your eyes [Bb] _ tonight. _
_ _ [F] _ _ Blow out [Bb] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [D] _
this [Eb] country, _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [F] _ that you love [Bb] me too.
[Eb] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ You're only [Eb] _ sixteen, [Bb] _
_ _ [Eb] _ but you're my teenage [Bb] _ queen. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] Youngest, _ _ _
[Gb] healthiest [Bb] _ girl _
[C] I've ever _ [Cm]
seen.
_ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] Sixteen candles _ _ _ in _ my heart [Eb] will _ _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ [F] stand ever.
[C] _
_ [F] _ _ _ For I love [Bb] you so.
[Eb] For I love [Bb] you so.
You're only [Eb] sixteen, _ _ _ _ _ but you're my [Cm] teenage [Bb] _ queen. _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Cm] Youngest, _ healthiest girl I've ever seen.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Bb] Sixteen candles _ _
[F] _ [Bb] in _ my heart _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] will stand ever. _
_ _ _ For I love [Bb] you so.
[Eb] For I love _ _ _ [Bb] you so.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _

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This track, written by Luther Dixon, is part of the album The Outstanding & the Crests.

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