[G]Something happens when you [D]turn 16 you get a [C]beat up car and shinny keys
[G]and you [D]learn what a [C]curfew means
[G]worryin about your [D]first big date [C]he pulls up early just to sit and wait
[G]and daddy [D]says don’t [C]be too late
[G]I know there’s [Em]something more to [G]six/seven-[Em]teen
[G]than girls and
[Em]guys and fast
[G]machines
[Em] [G]it’s about [D]finding out who [C]you’re going to be
[G]riding down the road listening to Kenny Chesney
[D]and [C]lovin your [G]mom and dad
[D]straightening you hair even [C]though it’s straight
[G]worryin about your 2nd/3rd big date
[D]and huggin [C]grandma just [G]one more time
[D]That’s want
[C]six/seven
[G]teen means to
[D]me
[C] [G] [G] [D] [C] [G] [D] [C] [G] [D] [C]
[G]Something happens when you [D] turn seventeen
you wear [C]little bitty dresses and your tight blue jeans
[G]and you [D]think you know it [C]all
[G]it don’t hurt what your [D]momma don’t know
[C]love comes easy and time goes slow
[G]and its [D]all at [C]seventeen
Repeat bridge
Repeat chorus
[G] [D] [C] [G] [D] [C]
[G]Something happens when you [D]turn eighteen
you [C]pack up and [G]leave