Long gone are the days of yesteryear – when catters would race to a request and chords were posted in hours, and sometimes minutes – it's a sad, soddy, scrum we have fallen into.

Whooee – A nice one for guitar players who can "hammer-on" "hammer-off" these diminished and a bent chords

SIXTEEN GOING ON SEVENTEEN

Copyright 1959 Lyrics by Richard Rodgers and Music by Oscar Hammerstein
Williamson Music owner of rights throughout the world

F You Fdim are F sixteen C7 going on seventeen
F Baby its F7 (#9) time F to Dm9 think G7
C9 Better beware, be F canny and careful
Gm7 Baby you're G7 on the C7 brink.

F You Fdim are F sixteen C7 going on seventeen
F Fellows will F7 (#9) fall F in Dm7 line G7-9
C-9 Eager young lads and F rouges and cads
F Will Gm7 offer you C7 food and F wine.

Bb Totally, un-pre - Gm6 pared are you to
F7-9 face a world of Bb men.
Bb Timid and shy and Gm6 scared are you of
F things be- D9 yond your G7 ken. C7

F You Fdim need F someone
C7 older and Cdim wis C7 er
F Telling you Fdim what F to Bbm6 do.

F I Fdim am F seventeen D7 going on eight D9 teen
G9 I'll take Gdim care of F you.

Sincerely,
Gargoyle