Sixteen Going On Seventeen Harmonica Tabs

THE SOUND OF MUSIC
ROLF & LIESEL

KEY F

ROLF

6 5 4 4 4
You wait, lit-tle girl,

6 6 5 4 4
On an emp-ty stage

5 4 4 4 5 4 4
For fate to turn the light on

6 5 4 4 4
Your life, lit-tle girl,

6 6 5 4 4
Is an emp-ty page

5 4 4 4 5 4 4
That men will want to write on

LIESL

5 4 4
To write on

ROLF

5 -4 5 -5b 4 4 4 4 4 4
You are six-teen go-ing on sev-en-teen

4 4 -4 -4 5 4
Ba-by, it’s time to think

4 -4 4 -4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Bet-ter be-ware, be can-ny and care-ful

6 -5b 5 4 4 4
Ba-by, you’re on the brink

5 -4 5 -5b 4 4 4 4 4 4
You are six-teen go-ing on sev-en-teen

4 4 -4 -4 5 4
Fel-lows will fall in line

4 -4 4 -4 4 4 4 4 4
Ea-ger young lads and rou-es and cads

4 5 -5b 5 4 4 4
Will off-er you food and wine

4 4 4 —5b 4 4 4 4
To-tal-ly un-pre-pared are you

4 -4 4 -4 4 4
To face a world of men

4 4 4 -5b 4 4 4 4
Ti-mid and shy and scared are you

4 5 5 6 6 4
Of things be-yond your ken

6 -5b 6 -6b 4 4 4 4 4
You need some-one old-er and wis-er

5 5 -5b -5b 6 -6b
Tell-ing you what to do

5 4 5 5 -5b 4 4 4 4 4
I am sev-en-teen go-ing on eigh-teen

4 4 4 4 4
I’ll take care of you

LIESL

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
Totally unprepared am I
To face a world of men
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
I’ll depend on you

INTERLUDE

MARIA

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
A bell is no bell till you ring it

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 -4 4
A song is no song till you sing it

4 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 -4 5 4
And love in your heart was-n’t put there to stay

5 -4 5 4 4 4 -4 4 4 4
Love is-n’t love till you give it a-way

5 -4 5 -5b 4 4 4 4 4 4
When you’re six-teen go-ing on sev-en-teen

4 4 -4 -4 5 4
Wait-ing for life to start

4 -4 4 -4 4 4 4 4 4
Some-bod-y kind who touch-es your mind

4 6 -5b 5 4 4 4
Will sud-den-ly touch your heart

LIESEL

5 -4 5 -5b 4 4 4 4 4
When that hap-pens, af-ter it hap-pens

4 4 -4 -4 5 4
Noth-ing is quite the same

4 -4 4 -4 4 4 4 4 4
Some-how I know I’ll jump up and go

4 6 -5b 5 4 4 4
If ev-er he calls my name

MARIA

4 4 4 -5b 4 4 4 4
Gone are your old i-deas of life

4 -4 4 -4 4 4
The old i-deas grow dim

4 4 4 -5b 4 4 4 4
Lo and be-hold! You’re some-one’s wife

4 5 5 6 6 4
And you be-long to him

6 -5b 6 -6b 4 4 4 4 4
You may think this kind of ad-ven-ture

5 5 -5b -5b 6 -6b
Nev-er may come to you

5 -4 5 -5b 4 4 4 4 4 4
Dar-ling six-teen go-ing on sev-ent-teen

4 4 4 4 4
Wait a year or two