Young Girl Of Sixteen

Em Em B7 Em She left her neighborhood in which everyone was filthy rich G D7 G She left her parents' home and strayed with a vagabond who made B7b9 Em B7 Em Vows of love she'd never heard and she believed his every word G Am G D7/F# G She left no forwarding address, just took her youth and happiness B7b9 E B7 E D7 As with the boy she vanished in the secret sweetness of their sin G B7/F# Em A young girl Am Am/G B7b9/F# A young girl of sixteen B7 Em G/D G6add9/D Child of springtime, still green Cmaj7 B7 Lying here by the road Em B7 Em Emadd9 Em He told her love demanded space so they roamed from place to place G D7 G Although she realized she sinned, she threw caution to the wind B7b9 Em B7 Em Emmaj7 Em As she followed him around while he slowly dragged her down G Am G D7/F# G So overpowering was her love that it had made a captive of B7b9 E B7 E D7 The young girl's heart and soul and mind, in other words love drove her blind G B7/F# Em A young girl Am Am/G B7b9/F# A young girl of sixteen B7 Em G/D G6add9/D Child of springtime, still green Cmaj7 B7 Lying here by the road Em Em6 Em Em6 | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | Em B7 Em Emadd9 Em Too much emotion for a girl, she let her heart become her world G D7 G But worlds that God has never wrought, fall asunder we are taught B7b9 Em B7 Em Emmaj7 Em7 Had she been wiser she'd have known she couldn't feed him love alone G Am G D7/F# G She should have known the day would come when he would quit her just for crumbs B7b9 E B7 E D7 He wanted fresh new meat to carve, left her heart and mind to starve G B7/F# Em A young girl Am Am/G B7b9/F# A young girl of sixteen B7 Em G/D G6add9/D Child of springtime, still green Cmaj7 B7 A#/C F#7 B7b9 Lying here by the road, dead Em D Em D D6 Bm Em | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . | . . . . |