HE WOULD BE SIXTEEN
Michelle Wright
Album: Now And Then
Submitted by: Christopher R.
12/7/2021

Capo 1st Fret (to match recording)

Intro: (Dsus4) (D) (Dsus4) (D) 

(Dsus4) She gets in her car, (D) Oct(Dsus4)ober Friday ni(D)ght
(Dsus4) Home from (D) work now I'm thirt(A)y (Bm) one, past (F#m) Franklin High
(Dsus4) She can see the (D) stadium lights, (Dsus4) she can hear the (D) band
A (Dsus4) thousand (D) crazy high (A) school (Bm) kids screamin' (F#m) in the stands
(G) Quarterback and Home(A)coming queen
(Bm) Love too young to (A/C#) know what it means
She goes (D) back in (A/C#) time, oh (Bm) in her (A) mind, it's like a (F#m) dream.

  (G) He would (A) be six(D)teen
  The (G) son she (A) never (D) knew (Bm)
  It (G) hurt so (A) much to (Bm) give him (G) up
  But (D) what else could she (A) do
  (G) He would (A) be six(D)teen

(Dsus4) (D) 

A child should have a home, she knows her folks were right
She never heard the couple's name, just that they were nice
She wonders if he's taller than his father was
Does he drive a car by now, has he been in love
She shakes back to reality 
She knows things turn out the way they should be
But she just can't help but ask herself 
Does he know about me'

(Repeat Chorus)

She (G) never even (A) got to (D) hold him (Bm) 
And (G) nights like (A) this it (Bm) hurts to (G) miss
A (D) son she's never (A) seen
(G) He would (A) be six(Bm)teen
(G) He would (A) be six(Dsus4)teen (D)