Probably a simplified version of the song but it sounds good.

I play this song with a capo on 3 fret.


        D             G    A
She was only sixteen, only sixteen

G               A
But I loved her so

    D                    G       A
But she was too young to fall in love

    G                  A
And I was too young to know


     D                        G        A
We'd laugh and we'd sing, and do funny things

G                      A
And it made our hearts glow

    D                    G       A
But she was too young to fall in love

    G                  A
And I was too young to know


    G                 D
So, why did I give my heart so fast?

   G                  D
It never will happen again

    G            D
But I was a mere child of sixteen

G                      A
I've aged a year since then


        D             G    A
She was only sixteen, only sixteen

G                       A
Oh with eyes that would glow

    D                    G       A
But she was too young to fall in love

    G                  A
And I was too young to know


    G                          D
So, why did I give my heart so fast?

   G                  D
It never will happen again

    G                     D
But I was a mere child of sixteen

G                      A
I've aged a year since then


             D             G    A
Now, she was only sixteen, only sixteen

G                        A
Oh but I loved that girl so

    D                    G       A
But she was too young to fall in love

    G                  A
And I was too young to know

    D                    G       A
Yes she was too young to fall in love

    G            A                              D
And I, I was too young, I was much too young to know