[Intro]  
[C] [Dm] [C]  

[Verse 1]  
[Am]                [Dm]    [G]              [C]  
You've been a juvenile, with a dolphin smile,  
[Am]            [Dm]    [G]                [C]  
With no elbow room, and your body in bloom,  
[Am]                     [Dm]        [G]                [C]  
You've had your little backyard, protected by big walls,  
[Am]                   [Dm]     [G]                     [C]  
You didn't dare look over, 'Cause you've been too small,  

[Chorus 1]  
[C]  
Well, you're finally sixteen, and you're feeling old,  
[C]                                               [Dm]          [C]  
But they won't believe that you've, got a soul, Whoa, whoa, no,  
[C]  
Cause you're only sixteen, and you're feeling real,  
[C]                                  [Dm]          [C]  
But you can't seem to, cop a feel, Whoa, whoa, no,  

[Verse 2]  
[Am]                  [Dm]        [G]            [C]  
Why do they have to force us, through this metamorphose?  
[Am]          [Dm]    [G]                 [C]  
Little butterfly, no matter how you try,  
[Am]             [Dm]     [G]                      [C]  
You'll be segregated, you're gonna be closed off,  
[Am]                       [Dm]     [G]                   [C]  
You're callow and you're green, cause you're caught between  

[Chorus 2]  
[C]  
Well, you're only sixteen, try to, cross the line,  
[C]                                       [Dm]          [C]  
But your little wings are, intertwined, Whoa, whoa, no,  
[C]  
You're only sixteen and you're such a tease,  
[C]                                             [Dm]          [C]  
and there's nothing you do to, really please, Whoa, whoa, no,  

[Interlude]  
[C] [Dm] [C]  

[Verse 3]  
[Am]                 [Dm]          [G]               [C]  
You know you can't forsake it, so sit back and take it,  
[Am]                      [Dm]    [G]                [C]  
You see you're just not ripe, so don't try and fight,  

[Chorus 3]  
[C]  
That you're only sixteen, wanna, catch a peek,  
[C]                                               [Dm]          [C]  
But they look at you like you're, such a freak, Whoa, whoa, no,  
[C]  
Well, you're only sixteen, with a, lot to say,  
[C]                                         [Dm]          [C]  
But they won't give you the, time of day, Whoa, whoa, no,  

[Outro]  
[C]  
You're only sixteen! (You're only sixteen!)  
[C]  
You're only sixteen! (You're only sixteen!)  
[Dm]  
You're only sixteen! (You're only sixteen!)  
[C]                        [C] (fade out)  
You poor little thing....