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Sixteen
F                     F  Am  Bb
FLet's go to town and switch the magazines
Drink milkshakes until we're sickF  Am  Bb  
FOh oh, it'll be so funny
Oh oh, it'll be so funnyF  Am  Bb  
FDrop ace drum and bass feat. Hitler and Chairman Mao
If we don't do it now then someone FelAmse wBbill
FOh oh, it'll be so funny
AmOh oh, it's the power Bbnot the money
CThis scene is the scene to Dmbe seen in
BbNot that the scene is what we'd be seen Cwith
CWe just wanna be 16 (16) 16 Dm(16)Bb  
CEven though we're 23
DmThis scene is the scene tBbo be seen in
FNot that the scene is what we'd be seen wCith
DmWe just wanna be 16 (16) 16 Bb(16)
CEven though we're 23
FLet's meet up at the empire tea-rooms
recite lite poetry causinFg lAmite Bbcontroversy
FOh oh, it'll be so funny
Oh oh and we'll write funFny AmsongBbs about
FBoys and Girls and other Boys and other Girls
This heartbreaking world where no Fone AmundBberstands
FOh oh It'll be so funny
AmOh oh it'll Bbbe so funny
CThis scene is the scene to Dmbe seen in
BbNot that the scene is what we'd be seen Cwith
CWe just wanna be 16 (16) 16 Dm(16)Bb  
CEven though we're 23
DmThis scene is the scene tBbo be seen in
FNot that the scene is what we'd be seen wCith
DmWe just wanna be 16 (16) 16 Bb(16)
CEven though we're 23
Am Bb  F  C
AmThis scene is the scene Bbto be seen in
FIt's the scene that I was mCade in
AmI just wanna be 16Bb  
C#Even though I'm 23C  
CThis scene is the scene to Dmbe seen in
BbNot that the scene is what we'd be seen Cwith
CWe just wanna be 16 (16) 16 Dm(16)Bb  
CEven though we're 23
DmThis scene is the scene tBbo be seen in
FNot that the scene is what we'd be seen wCith
DmWe just wanna be 16 (16) 16 Bb(16)
CEven though we're 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29... 

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Sixteen

by The Indelicates

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Sixteen

F F Am Bb

Let's go to town and switch the magazines

F Am Bb

Drink milkshakes until we're sick

Oh oh, it'll be so funny

F Am Bb

Oh oh, it'll be so funny

Drop ace drum and bass feat. Hitler and Chairman Mao

F Am Bb

If we don't do it now then someone else will

Oh oh, it'll be so funny

Am Bb

Oh oh, it's the power not the money

C Dm

This scene is the scene to be seen in

Bb C

Not that the scene is what we'd be seen with

C Dm Bb

We just wanna be 16 (16) 16 (16)

Even though we're 23

Dm Bb

This scene is the scene to be seen in

F C

Not that the scene is what we'd be seen with

Dm Bb

We just wanna be 16 (16) 16 (16)

Even though we're 23

Let's meet up at the empire tea-rooms

F Am Bb

recite lite poetry causing lite controversy

Oh oh, it'll be so funny

F Am Bb

Oh oh and we'll write funny songs about

Boys and Girls and other Boys and other Girls

F Am Bb

This heartbreaking world where no one understands

Oh oh It'll be so funny

Am Bb

Oh oh it'll be so funny

C Dm

This scene is the scene to be seen in

Bb C

Not that the scene is what we'd be seen with

C Dm Bb

We just wanna be 16 (16) 16 (16)

Even though we're 23

Dm Bb

This scene is the scene to be seen in

F C

Not that the scene is what we'd be seen with

Dm Bb

We just wanna be 16 (16) 16 (16)

Even though we're 23

Am Bb F C

Am Bb

This scene is the scene to be seen in

F C

It's the scene that I was made in

Am Bb

I just wanna be 16

C# C

Even though I'm 23

C Dm

This scene is the scene to be seen in

Bb C

Not that the scene is what we'd be seen with

C Dm Bb

We just wanna be 16 (16) 16 (16)

Even though we're 23

Dm Bb

This scene is the scene to be seen in

F C

Not that the scene is what we'd be seen with

Dm Bb

We just wanna be 16 (16) 16 (16)

Even though we're 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29...

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