Sixteen Summers Fifteen Falls Chords & Lyrics - Townes Van Zandt

Intro - [Dbm] [B] [Dbm] [B] [Dbm] [Abm] [Dbm] [Abm]

[Dbm]Let me tell you a story 'bout a [B]girl I knew
[Dbm]Fairest skin with[B] eyes of blue
[Dbm]I swear to the Lord that I [B]loved her true
It's a [Db]year n[Ab]ow she's been g[Db]one [Abm] [Dbm] [Abm]

[Dbm]Well her spirit was as bright as the s[B]oft sunshine
[Dbm]Lips, the colour straw[B]berry wine
[Dbm]I wish to God, she s[B]till was mine
The ch[Db]ance wo[Ab]n't come aga[Db]in [Abm] [Dbm] [Abm]

[Dbm]After first, we lay in lo[B]ve's sweet bed
[Dbm]With one look at her eyes, I m[B]ight have read
[Dbm]All the pain that was flying t[B]hrough her head
Through my [Db]guilt [Ab]I could not s[Db]ee [Abm] [Dbm] [Abm]

[Dbm]Oh I turned to her when the m[B]orning came
[Dbm]Hungry thoughts racing t[B]hrough my brain
[Dbm]But the knife in her heart screamed [B]herself she'd slain
And a n[Db]ote whis[Ab]pered love too s[Db]oon [Abm] [Dbm] [Abm]

[Dbm]Her old man screamed and her m[B]other cried
[Dbm]All I could do was to wo[B]nder why
[Dbm]A girl in her youth was f[B]orced to die
Is l[Db]oving[Ab] such a cr[Db]ime?[Abm] [Dbm] [Abm]

[Dbm]She died Few in years with b[B]reasts still small
[Dbm]Seeing sixteen summers and f[B]ifteen falls
[Dbm]Me and my blindness never r[B]ealized all
The f[Db]ear she[Ab] kept ins[Db]ide [Abm] [Dbm] [Abm]

[Dbm]Let me tell you a story 'bout a g[B]irl I knew
[Dbm]Fairest skin with [B]eyes of blue
[Dbm] [B] (fade)
I swear to the Lord that I loved her true