Sixteen For Awhile Chords by The Celtic Connection
Tempo:
75.1 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Em
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [C] [D] [Em]
[C] [G] [D]
[G] [C] I returned to [D] my hometown [Em] yesterday [C] and my life, [G] for my eyes came [D] flashing back.
[G] Everything [C] was changed [D] and the faces looked [Em] so strange.
[C] Sometimes I [G] wish that I was [D] young again.
[Em] [C] If I close my [G] eyes, then come [D] back to happy [Em] times, [C] I can be sixteen [G] years old [D] for a while.
[Em] Honest [C] friendships, high school [G] dances, [D] innocence, short [Em] romances.
[C] Life was simple [G] but it sure was [D] good somehow.
[G] [C] Then we drove [D] to an old [Em] beach last night, [C] a place we [G] used to go not [D] long ago.
[G] Walking [C] barefoot in the [D] sand, I saw two [Em] people holding [C] hands, all [G] loving love for [D] their first time.
[Em] [C] If I close my [G] eyes, then come [D] back to happy [Em] times, [C] I can be sixteen [G] years old [D] for a while.
[Em] Honest [C] friendships, high school [G] dances, [D] innocence, short [Em] romances.
[C] Life was simple [G] but it sure was [D] good somehow.
[G] [C]
[D] [Em] [C] [G]
[D] [G] [C] Now I'm older, [D] I guess [Em] a little [C] wiser, experience [G] has added [D] to my name.
[G] But I can't [C] help but feel [D] that I've traded [Em] a part [C] [G] of who I am [D] along the way.
[Em] [C] Then I close my [G] eyes, then come [D] back to happy [Em] times, [C] I can be sixteen [G] years old [D] for a while.
[Em] Honest [C] friendships, high school [G] dances, [D] innocence, short [Em] romances.
[C] Life was simple [G] but it sure was [D] good somehow.
[Em] When [C] I close my [G] eyes, then come [D] back to happy [Em] times, it [C] sure feels good to [G] be sixteen [D] for a while.
[Em] Honest [C] friendships, high school [G] dances, [D] innocence, short [Em] romances.
[C] Life was simple [G] but it sure was [D] good somehow.
[Em]
[C] Life was simple [G] but it sure was [D] good somehow.
[Em] [E]
[N]
[C] [G] [D]
[G] [C] I returned to [D] my hometown [Em] yesterday [C] and my life, [G] for my eyes came [D] flashing back.
[G] Everything [C] was changed [D] and the faces looked [Em] so strange.
[C] Sometimes I [G] wish that I was [D] young again.
[Em] [C] If I close my [G] eyes, then come [D] back to happy [Em] times, [C] I can be sixteen [G] years old [D] for a while.
[Em] Honest [C] friendships, high school [G] dances, [D] innocence, short [Em] romances.
[C] Life was simple [G] but it sure was [D] good somehow.
[G] [C] Then we drove [D] to an old [Em] beach last night, [C] a place we [G] used to go not [D] long ago.
[G] Walking [C] barefoot in the [D] sand, I saw two [Em] people holding [C] hands, all [G] loving love for [D] their first time.
[Em] [C] If I close my [G] eyes, then come [D] back to happy [Em] times, [C] I can be sixteen [G] years old [D] for a while.
[Em] Honest [C] friendships, high school [G] dances, [D] innocence, short [Em] romances.
[C] Life was simple [G] but it sure was [D] good somehow.
[G] [C]
[D] [Em] [C] [G]
[D] [G] [C] Now I'm older, [D] I guess [Em] a little [C] wiser, experience [G] has added [D] to my name.
[G] But I can't [C] help but feel [D] that I've traded [Em] a part [C] [G] of who I am [D] along the way.
[Em] [C] Then I close my [G] eyes, then come [D] back to happy [Em] times, [C] I can be sixteen [G] years old [D] for a while.
[Em] Honest [C] friendships, high school [G] dances, [D] innocence, short [Em] romances.
[C] Life was simple [G] but it sure was [D] good somehow.
[Em] When [C] I close my [G] eyes, then come [D] back to happy [Em] times, it [C] sure feels good to [G] be sixteen [D] for a while.
[Em] Honest [C] friendships, high school [G] dances, [D] innocence, short [Em] romances.
[C] Life was simple [G] but it sure was [D] good somehow.
[Em]
[C] Life was simple [G] but it sure was [D] good somehow.
[Em] [E]
[N]
Key:
G
C
D
Em
E
G
C
D
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ [C] I returned to [D] my hometown [Em] yesterday [C] and my life, [G] for my eyes came [D] flashing back. _ _
[G] Everything [C] was changed [D] and the faces looked [Em] so strange.
[C] Sometimes I [G] wish that I was [D] young again. _ _
[Em] _ [C] If I close my [G] eyes, then come [D] back to happy [Em] times, [C] I can be sixteen [G] years old [D] for a while.
[Em] Honest [C] friendships, high school [G] dances, [D] innocence, short [Em] romances.
[C] Life was simple [G] but it sure was [D] good somehow.
_ _ [G] _ [C] Then we drove [D] to an old [Em] beach last night, [C] a place we [G] used to go not [D] long ago.
_ _ [G] Walking [C] barefoot in the [D] sand, I saw two [Em] people holding [C] hands, all [G] loving love for [D] their first time.
_ [Em] _ [C] If I close my [G] eyes, then come [D] back to happy [Em] times, [C] I can be sixteen [G] years old [D] for a while.
[Em] Honest [C] friendships, high school [G] dances, [D] innocence, short [Em] romances.
[C] Life was simple [G] but it sure was [D] good somehow.
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] Now I'm older, [D] I guess [Em] a little [C] wiser, experience [G] has added [D] to my name.
_ _ [G] But I can't [C] help but feel [D] that I've traded [Em] a part [C] _ [G] of who I am [D] along the way.
_ _ [Em] _ [C] Then I close my [G] eyes, then come [D] back to happy [Em] times, [C] I can be sixteen [G] years old [D] for a while.
[Em] Honest [C] friendships, high school [G] dances, [D] innocence, short [Em] romances.
[C] Life was simple [G] but it sure was [D] good somehow.
[Em] When [C] I close my [G] eyes, then come [D] back to happy [Em] times, it [C] sure feels good to [G] be sixteen [D] for a while.
[Em] Honest [C] friendships, high school [G] dances, [D] innocence, short [Em] romances.
[C] Life was simple [G] but it sure was [D] good somehow.
_ _ [Em] _
[C] Life was simple [G] but it sure was [D] good somehow. _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ [C] I returned to [D] my hometown [Em] yesterday [C] and my life, [G] for my eyes came [D] flashing back. _ _
[G] Everything [C] was changed [D] and the faces looked [Em] so strange.
[C] Sometimes I [G] wish that I was [D] young again. _ _
[Em] _ [C] If I close my [G] eyes, then come [D] back to happy [Em] times, [C] I can be sixteen [G] years old [D] for a while.
[Em] Honest [C] friendships, high school [G] dances, [D] innocence, short [Em] romances.
[C] Life was simple [G] but it sure was [D] good somehow.
_ _ [G] _ [C] Then we drove [D] to an old [Em] beach last night, [C] a place we [G] used to go not [D] long ago.
_ _ [G] Walking [C] barefoot in the [D] sand, I saw two [Em] people holding [C] hands, all [G] loving love for [D] their first time.
_ [Em] _ [C] If I close my [G] eyes, then come [D] back to happy [Em] times, [C] I can be sixteen [G] years old [D] for a while.
[Em] Honest [C] friendships, high school [G] dances, [D] innocence, short [Em] romances.
[C] Life was simple [G] but it sure was [D] good somehow.
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] Now I'm older, [D] I guess [Em] a little [C] wiser, experience [G] has added [D] to my name.
_ _ [G] But I can't [C] help but feel [D] that I've traded [Em] a part [C] _ [G] of who I am [D] along the way.
_ _ [Em] _ [C] Then I close my [G] eyes, then come [D] back to happy [Em] times, [C] I can be sixteen [G] years old [D] for a while.
[Em] Honest [C] friendships, high school [G] dances, [D] innocence, short [Em] romances.
[C] Life was simple [G] but it sure was [D] good somehow.
[Em] When [C] I close my [G] eyes, then come [D] back to happy [Em] times, it [C] sure feels good to [G] be sixteen [D] for a while.
[Em] Honest [C] friendships, high school [G] dances, [D] innocence, short [Em] romances.
[C] Life was simple [G] but it sure was [D] good somehow.
_ _ [Em] _
[C] Life was simple [G] but it sure was [D] good somehow. _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
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