SIXTEEN GOING ON SEVENTEEN - The Sound of Music Tabbed by: Pat Malavi pat.malavi@gmail.com 133211 133211 x13331 133211 3230xx x32310 (b5) x1233x x32310 x33333 xx0211 131211 6x566x xx3231 x32333 133211 xx0212 x32310 3x333x x5455x 3230xx 353453 (b9) x3232x Capo 3rd fret - Rolf's part You wait, little girl, on an empty stage For fate to turn the light on Your life, little girl, is an empty page That men will want to write on [Liesl:] To write on You are sixteen going on seventeen Baby, it's time to think Better beware, be canny and careful Baby, you're on the brink You are sixteen going on seventeen Fellows will fall in line Eager young lads and roues and cads Will offer you food and wine (b5) Totally unprepared are you To face a world of men (b5) Timid and shy and scared are you Of things beyond your ken You need someone older and wiser Telling you what to do I am seventeen going on eighteen (b9) I'll take care of you Capo 9th fret - Liesl's part I am sixteen going on seventeen I know that I'm naive Fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet And willingly I believe I am sixteen going on seventeen Innocent as a rose Bachelor dandies, drinkers of brandies What do I know of those (b5) Totally unprepared am I To face a world of men (b5) Timid and shy and scared am I Of things beyond my ken I need someone older and wiser Telling me what to do You are seventeen going on eighteen (b9) I'll depend on you