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            [Intro]
    G                        A9               Am7/D            G6
You wait, little girl, on an empty stage, for fate to turn the light on
     G                        A9              Am7/D            G6
Your life, little girl, is an empty page that men will want to write on
   Am       D
To write on
[Verse 1]
G               D7                  G6                 Em7
You are sixteen going on seventeen, baby, it's time to think
Am       D        G                  Am7          A7     D7
Better beware, be canny and careful, baby, you're on the brink
G               D7                  G                    Em7
You are sixteen going on seventeen, fellows will fall in line
Am                   G                   Am7       D        G
Eager young lads and roues and cads will offer you food and wine
C            A                G7              C
Totally unprepared are you to face a world of men
C                 A                 G        E9         A7  D7
Timid and shy and scared are you of things beyond your ken
G                   D7              G                   Cm
You'll need someone older and wiser telling you what to do
G              E7                 A9        Amin      G     D
I am seventeen going on eighteen, I'll take care of you !
[Verse 2]
G            D7               G6                Em7
I am sixteen going seventeen, I know that I'm naïve
Am        D        G                      Am7       A7  D7
Fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet, and willingly I believe
G            D7                  G             Em7
I am sixteen going on seventeen, innocent as a rose
Am                G                     Am7       D       G
Bachelor dandies, drinkers of brandies, what do I know of those ?
C            A             G7              C
Totally unprepared am I to face a world of men
C                 A              G        E9      A7  D7
Timid and shy and scared am I of things beyond my ken
G              D7               G                  Cm
I need someone older and wiser, telling me what to do
G                 E7                A9     Amin    G
You are seventeen going on eighteen I'll depend on you! 
        
                