It Hurts To Be Sixteen - Andrea Carroll Chords
Chords: BB, BIG, D, Bm, Em7, A, E, G, Gbm, B
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Genre: pop, rock, female vocalist
It Hurts To Be Sixteen:Andrea Carroll.
#45 on BB Hot 100 on BIG TOP Records
in 1963. (Chiffons are the back-up singers.)
(Great 'teen angst' song.)
INTRO:
D Bm
(Rat-a-tang-rat-a-tang-tu-tang-tu-tang..
D Bm
rat-a-tang-rat-a-tang.)
#1.
Bm Em7 A
The kids are singing loud (rat-a-tang-tu-tang-tu-tang)
E A
Happy birthday, sweet sixteen.
D Bm
And so, I smile and hope (rat-a-tang-tu-tang-tu-tang)
D
that my tears will not be seen.
Bm G
Because I'm much too old to cry (too old to cry)
Gbm B
but still too young to find out why (to find out why.)
E A D
Why I'm so lonely, it hurts to be sixteen.
D Bm D
(Rat-a-tang-rat-a-tang-tu-tang-tu-tang..rat-a-tang-rat-
Bm
a-tang.)
#2.
Bm Em7 A
Don't think that you're grown up (rat-a-tang-tu-tang-
Em7 A
tu-tang) when you become sixteen.
D Bm
Because like me, you'll see (rat-a-tang-tu-tang-tu-tang)
D Bm
you're only in between.
Em7 G
They say that you're too old for toys (too old for toys)
Gbm Bm
But still you're much too young for boys (too young for
B Em7 A D
boys) I hate to tell you, it hurts to be sixteen.
BRIDGE:
Am7 Bm G Bm G Gbm
I found a wonderful guy (wonderful guy) I want to spend
my life with him (spend my life with him.)
Bm E
They say we're too young to start..they're driving us apart..
A Em7 A
we're finished before we begin.
#3.
Bm Em7 A
I can't keep smiling through (rat-a-tang-tu-tang-tu-tang)
Em7 A
cause it hurts, sweet sixteen.
D Bm D
This party's over now (rat-a-tang-tu-tang-tu-tang) and you
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