16 Going On 17 - Sound of Music Single strum: G A Am G You wait, little girl, on an empty stage, for fate to turn the light on G A Am G Your life, little girl, is an empty page that men will want to write on Am D To write on G D G E7 You are sixteen going on seventeen, baby, it's time to think Am G Am A D7 Better beware, be canny and careful, baby, you're on the brink G D7 G E7 You are sixteen going on seventeen, fellows will fall in line Am G Am D7 G Eager young lads and roues and cads will offer you food and wine C Gb G7 C Totally unprepared are you to face a world of men C Gb G E7 A D Timid and shy and scared are you of things beyond your ken G D G Cm You'll need someone older and wiser telling you what to do G E7 A D7 G D I am seventeen going on eighteen, I'll take care of you ! G D G E7 I am sixteen going seventeen, I know that I'm naïve Am G Am A D Fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet, and willingly I believe G D G E7 I am sixteen going on seventeen, innocent as a rose Am G Am D7 G Bachelor dandies, drinkers of brandies, what do I know of those ? C Gb G7 C Totally unprepared am I to face a world of men C Gb G E7 A D Timid and shy and scared am I of things beyond my ken G D G Cm I need someone older and wiser, telling me what to do G E7 A D7 G You are seventeen going on eighteen I'll depend on you! Instrumental: G D G E7 Am G Am D7 G C Gb G7 C Totally unprepared are you to face a world of men C Gb G E7 A D Timid and shy and scared are you of things beyond your ken G D G Cm You'll need someone older and wiser telling you what to do G E7 A D7 G G I am seventeen going on eighteen, I'll take care of you ! A D7 G G I'll take care of you ! [Slowing] A D7 G I'll take care of you !