Sweet Sixteen

Billy Idol

RockMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Am7

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              
intro: Am7
 
Am7
i´ll do anything for my sweet sixteen
and i´ll do anything for little runaway child
               F                       Am7
gave my heart an engagement ring, she took everything
             G                          Am7 
everything i gave her, my sweet sixteen
                   F
built a moon for a rocking chair, i never guessed it would
G
rock her far from her, oh, oh, oh, oh oh
 
F                 G                   Am2 
someone´s built a candy castle for my sweet sixteen
someone´s bulit a candy brain and filled it in
 
                Am7
well i´ll do anything for my sweet sixteen
oh i´ll do anything for little runaway child
                   F                       Am7 
well memories will burn you, mem´ries grow older as people can
                  G                      Am7       F
they just get colder, like sweet sixteen      oh i see it´s clear, baby 
     G
that you are all through here, oh, oh, oh, oh oh
 
F                 G                   Am2 
someone´s built a candy castle for my sweet sixteen
someone´s bulit a candy house to house her in,   oh oh
someone´s built a candy castle for my sweet sixteen
someone´s bulit a candy brain and filled it in
 
            Am7
and i do anything for my sweet sixteen 
oh i do anything for little runaway girl
 
F   C   G 
        yeah, sad and lonely and blue
        gettin´ over you
F      C            G
  how,   how do you think it feels, yeah  
F   C        G
      to get up in the morning, get over you, 
up in the morning, get over you
wipe away the tears, get over you    
get over, get over my sweet sixteen?     Am7
Am7
oh, runaway child, oh sweet sixteen, little runaway girl
               F                       Am
gave my heart an engagement ring, she left everything
             G                          Am 
everything i gave her, my sweet sixteen
 
                   F
built a moon for a rocking chair, i never guessed it would
G
rock her far from her, oh, oh, oh, oh oh
 
F                 G                   Am2 
someone´s built a candy castle for my sweet sixteen
someone´s bulit a candy house to house her in         2*
      
            Am7
and i do anything for my sweet sixteen
oh  i´ll  do anything for my runaway child
do anything for my sweet sixteen
i´d do anything for little runaway girl
oh sweet sixteen, oh sweet sixteen, little runaway girl

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Chord set

Am7 · F · G · C · Am

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.