{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2892233,"song":"He Would Be 16","artist":"Michelle Wright","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11651019-he-would-be-16-chords-by-michelle-wright/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2892233?type=chord","rating":0.15582,"votes":0,"content":"Standard tuning\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe gets in her car, October Friday night.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHome from work down 31, past Franklin High.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe can see the stadium lights, she can hear the band.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA thousand crazy high school kids screamin' in the stands.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nQuarterback and homecoming queen,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLove too young to know what it means.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe goes back in time, oh, in her mind, it's like a dream[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe would be sixteen,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe son she never knew.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt hurt so much to give him up,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut what else could she do?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe would be sixteen.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA child should have a home, she knows her folks were right[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe never heard the couple's name, just that they were nice.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe wonders if he's taller than his father was.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDoes he drive a car by now, has he been in love?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe shakes back to reality, she knows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThings turn out the way they should be.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut she just can't help but ask herself, \"Does he know about me?\"?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe would be would sixteen,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe son she never knew.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt hurt so much to give him up,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut what else could she do?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe would be sixteen.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe never even got to hold him,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd nights like this it hurts to miss[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe son she's never seen.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe would be sixteen,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe would be sixteen.[/tab]","plain_text":"Standard tuning\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["F","C","G","Am","Em","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}