Standard tuning - Capo 1 to play with original


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

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

G                   A                 D
She never even got to hold him
G                  A                 Bm       G 
And nights like this hurts to miss 
D                  A
The son she's never seen
G            A         Bm 
He would be sixteen
G           A            D 
He would be sixteen