The Sixteens

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[Verse]

F#                                G                 F#
Where were you in sixty-eight, in sixty-eight Julie was Johnnie's date.
                         G                              F#
Two kids growin' together Livin' each day as if time was slippin' away.
      G                                F#
Oooh, they were just sixteen and their love a teenage dream.
     G                                           F#
They passed the time, they crossed the line, the line that ran between.
G                             A
Julie and Johnnie now you've made it!


[Chorus]

    D            G     A7                   D
But life    goes on,      you know it ain't easy.
       D               G       A7                     D
You've just   gotta be strong    if you're one of the sixteens.
    D           G         A                       D
And life   goes on,   you know, you know it ain't easy
    D                    G
You know you'll never go wrong
              A                                   D
'Cause you're aaaa-aa-aa-aa-all,      part of the sixteens.


[Intro]

D


[Verse]

F#                     G
Suzie and Davey got to make the big time, maybe they can,
F#                        G                              F#
put it all together, in a show that lasts forever?
      G                                       F#
Ooooh they would walk the strip at nights And dream they saw their name in lights
   G                            F#
On Desolation boulevard they'll light the faded light
G                       A
Suzie and Davey you can make it!


[Chorus]

    D            G     A7                   D
But life    goes on,      you know it ain't easy.
       D               G       A7                     D
You've just   gotta be strong    if you're one of the sixteens.
    D           G         A                       D
And life   goes on,   you know, you know it ain't easy
    D                    G
You know you'll never go wrong
              A                                   D
'Cause you're aaaa-aa-aa-aa-all,      part of the sixteens.


[Solo]

B  A E
B  A G


[Interlude]

   F#                                 G
So where were you in sixty-eight when Bobby and Billy thought that
F#
  sixty eight was out of date.
     F#                                   G
They took the flowers from their hair and tried to make us all aware,
F#
  too bad,   too late.
        G                                  F#
So they lived from day to day and tried to do it all their way.
    G                              F#
But sixty-eight was sixty-eight.   No matter what they say.
G                                A
  Bobby and Billy   maybe you'll make it,   one day...


[Chorus]

    D            G     A7                   D
But life    goes on,      you know it ain't easy.
       D               G        A7                    D
You've just   gotta be strong    if you're one of the sixteens.
    D           G         A                       D
And life   goes on,   you know, you know it ain't easy
    D                    G
You know you'll never go wrong
              A
'Cause you're aaaa-aa-aa-aa-all!


[Outro]

    D            G     A7                   D
Amd life    goes on,      you know it ain't easy.
       D               G               A7             D
You've just   gotta be strong    if you're one of the sixteens.
    D           G         A                       D
And life   goes on,   you know, you know it ain't easy
    D                    G
You know you'll never go wrong
              A
'Cause you're aaaa-aa-aa-aa-all.