You're Sixteen

Words & Music by Robert Sherman & Richard Sherman
Recorded by Johnny Burnette, 1960 (#6)


E7/6     A       E7  A      C#7
You come on like a dream, peaches and cream,

D         Cdim        A
Lips like strawberry wine;

C#m7-5     B7          E7/9   E7     Cdim    A     Edim   E7
You're sixteen, you're beautiful and you're mine.


E7/6       A       E7   A        C#7
You're all ribbons and curls -- ooh what a girl!

D         Cdim        A
Eyes that sparkle and shine;

C#m7-5     B7          E7/9   E7      E7+    A   D9   A
You're sixteen, you're beautiful and you're mine


C#7      Cdim(IV) C#7          Cdim(IV) C#7        
You're my   ba -  by, you're my  pet,

F#7         Gdim        F#
We fell in love on the night we met;

      B7       Cdim      B7        Cdim
You touched my hand, my heart went pop --

E7/6          Dm6      Cdim      E7/6
Ooh, when we kissed, I could not stop.


E7/6        A     E7  A         C#7
You walked out of my dreams and into my arms
 
D             Cdim        A
Now you're my angel divine

C#m7-5     B7          E7/9   E7     E7+     A    C#7   F#7
You're sixteen, you're beautiful and you're mine

C#m7-5     B7          E7/9   E7     E7+     A    D9   A
You're sixteen, you're beautiful and you're mine.

*Requested by recent visitor Colin Stevens.

Even though it doesn't "fit" a pop standards site, I included it in part because of special memories the song invokes of folks I knew some 30 years ago at a place called The First Mate Tavern, and the way we sang this song (which, fortunately, is not the way it appears here.)

The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.