Cherise Carver - When I Was 16
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: GCapotraste:
2nd traste
[Intro]
G Em C D
[Verse 1]
G Em
Black mascara down your face
C D
Coming home from school a little late
G Em
You say Mom you just can’t understand
C D
it’s been too long
G
Just listen to me
Em
We’re not that different
C D
Let me tell you my rendition
[Chorus]
G Em
When I was 16 all that I cared about
C D
Was if the boy I liked would ask me out
G Em
Getting ready for the High School Prom
C D
We weren’t copying TikTok dances, we were making our own
G
There were the mean girls
Em
There were the mean boys
C D
There were the good days and bad
G Em C D
When I was 16
[Verse 2]
G Em
Black mascara down my face
C D
Coming home from school a little late
G
I didn’t make the team
Em C D
That all my friends were on
G
We didn’t have phones
Em
Or social platforms
C
They started rumors
D
They called me bad names
G Em C D
Fights we had were face to face
[Chorus]
G Em
When I was 16 all that I cared about
C D
Was if the boy I liked would ask me out
G Em
Getting ready for the High School Prom
C D
We weren’t copying TikTok dances, we were making our own
G
There were the mean girls
Em
There were the mean boys
C D
There were the good days and bad
G Em C D
When I was 16
[Bridge]
Em D C G
One day you'll look back and say
Em D C
It didn't matter anyway
[Chorus]
G Em
When I was 16 all that I cared about
C D
Was if the boy I liked would ask me out
G Em
Getting ready for the High School Prom
C D
We weren’t copying TikTok dances, we were making our own
G
There were the mean girls
Em
There were the mean boys
C D
There were the good days and bad
G Em C D
When I was 16
G Em C D
When I was 16
[Outro]
G Em
Black mascara down my face
C D
Coming home from school a little late
G
When I was 16
How to play Cherise Carver - When I Was 16
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