Standard tuning - Capo 1 to play with original


Verse 1
G5                D5    G5                    D5
She gets in her car october friday night 
G5             D5           A5            B5              F5
Home from work down 31 past franklin high
G5                      D5                G5                          D5 
She can see the stadium lights she can hear the band
G5               D5          A5              B5                F5 
A thousand crazy high school kids screamin' in the stands
G5                                  A5 
Quarterback and homecoming queen
B5                                     A5 
Love to young to know what it means
D5               A5                   B5                 F5 
She goes back in time oh in her mind it's like a dream 

Chorus
G5        A5              D5
He would be would sixteen
G5              A5          D5 
The son she never knew
G5            A5          B5          G5 
It hurt so much to give him up
D5                              A5 
But what else could she do
G5           A5            D5 
He would be sixteen
 

Verse 2 - Same as above

A child should have a home she knows her folks were right 
She never heard the couple's name just that they were nice 
She wonders if he's taller than his father was 
Does he drive a car by now has he been in love 
She shakes back to reality she knows 
Things turn out the way they should be 
But she just can help but ask herself does he know about me 


Chorus - Same as above

He would be would sixteen 
The son she never knew 
It hurt so much to give him up 
But what else could she do 
He would be sixteen 

G5                   A5                 D5
She never even got to hold him
G5                  A5                 B5       G5 
And nights like this hurts to miss 
D5                  A5
The son she's never seen
G5            A5         B5 
He would be sixteen
G5           A5            D5 
He would be sixteen