{"id":11076,"date":"2022-06-23T06:14:50","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T06:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=11076"},"modified":"2026-01-13T18:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:35:17","slug":"sweet-little-sixteen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/sweet-little-sixteen\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Little Sixteen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SWEET LITTLE 16\r\nwritten and performed by Chuck Berry\r\n \r\n \r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n \r\n                          G<\/span>       G7<\/span>             C<\/span>\r\nThey're really rockin' in Boston,   Pittsburgh, PA\r\n                     G<\/span>     G7<\/span>                     C<\/span>\r\nDeep in the heart of Texas   and round the Frisco Bay\r\n             F<\/span>                        C<\/span>\r\nAll over St. Louis, way down in New Orleans\r\n                   G<\/span>          G7<\/span>              C<\/span>\r\nAll the cats wanna dance with   Sweet Little 16\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n(same as chorus 1)\r\n \r\nSweet Little 16, she's just got to have\r\nAbout a half a million framed autographs\r\nHer wallet's filled with pictures; she gets them one by one\r\nBecomes so excited; won't you look at her run, boy?\r\n \r\n \r\n[Bridge]\r\n \r\n           F<\/span>                   C<\/span>\r\n\"Oh Mommy, Mommy, please may I go?\r\n                     G<\/span>    G7<\/span>\r\nIt's such a sight to see;   somebody steal the show\r\n          F<\/span>            C<\/span>\r\nOh Daddy, Daddy, I beg you\r\n           G<\/span>     G7<\/span>\r\nWhisper to Mommy   it's all right with you\"\r\n \r\n \r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n(same as chorus 1)\r\n \r\n'Cause they'll be rockin' on the bandstand\r\nPhiladelphia, PA\r\nDeep in the heart of Texas and round the Frisco Bay\r\nAll over St. Louis, way down in New Orleans\r\nAll the cats wanna dance with Sweet Little 16\r\n \r\n \r\n[Instrumental]\r\n(same pattern as verses and choruses)\r\n \r\n \r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n(same as chorus 1)\r\n \r\n'Cause they'll be rockin' on the bandstand\r\nPhiladelphia, PA\r\nDeep in the heart of Texas and round the Frisco Bay\r\nAll over St. Louis, way down in New Orleans\r\nAll the cats wanna dance with Sweet Little 16\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n(same as chorus 1 chords)\r\n \r\nSweet Little 16, she's got the grownup blues\r\nTight dresses and lipstick\r\nShe's sportin' high-heeled shoes\r\nOh, but tomorrow mornin'\r\nShe'll have to change her trend\r\nAnd be sweet 16 and back in class again\r\n \r\n \r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n \r\n                          G       G7             C\r\nThey're really rockin' in Boston,   Pittsburgh, PA\r\n                     G     G7                     C\r\nDeep in the heart of Texas   and round the Frisco Bay\r\n             F                        C\r\nAll over St. Louis, way down in New Orleans\r\n                   G          G7              C\r\nAll the cats wanna dance with   Sweet Little 16<\/pre>\n
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SHEET MUSIC SWEET LITTLE 16 written and performed by Chuck Berry [Chorus 1] G G7 C They’re really rockin’ in Boston, Pittsburgh, PA G G7 C Deep in the heart of Texas and round the Frisco Bay F C All over St. Louis, way down in New Orleans G G7 … CLICK TO VIEW SONGSweet Little Sixteen<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,126,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baritone-bill","category-bass-guitar-night","category-songpics-sheetmusic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11076"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29371,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11076\/revisions\/29371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}