[Intro]
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(relative to capo)

C C/E F G (x2)
[Strophe]
C                      F          G 
Take a left here boy, take it slow 
C                            F    G 
Don't get distracted by that radio 
C                                
I just rolled my eyes and I said,
  F            G 
 "Daddy, I know" 
I just rolled my eyes and I said, "Daddy, I know" 
C                                   
I'm fifteen, I ain't green like some
     F          G 
 ol' ten year old
I'm fifteen, I ain't green like some ol' ten year old
[Refrain]
C                           F      
What I wouldn't give to be sixteen,
           G 
 wild and free 
What I wouldn't give to be sixteen, wild and free 
C                               F  G 
Cruisin' up and down main in my F-150
 
Cruisin' up and down main in my F-150 
C                                F  
Roll the windows down, bass too loud
                   G 
 from this burnt CD 
Roll the windows down, bass too loud from this burnt CD 
C                                  
I'll be right where I wanna be when
      F 
 I'm sixteen 
I'll be right where I wanna be when I'm sixteen 
 G                C F G 
Sixteen, yeah
[Strophe]
C                                 
Now that I can drive, finally feel
   F                    G 
 alive, but I got this curfew 
Now that I can drive, finally feel alive, but I got this curfew 
C                                 
Sneakin' in late, smelling like my
  F            G 
 girlfriend's perfume 
Sneakin' in late, smelling like my girlfriend's perfume 
C                            
People talk about college and
  F                       G 
 knowledge and that's alright
 
People talk about college and knowledge and that's alright 
C 
But all I'm thinkin' 'bout is an
 unsupervised Saturday night
But all I'm thinkin' 'bout is an unsupervised Saturday night
[Refrain]
C                           F       
What I wouldn't give to be eighteen,
           G 
 wild and free 
What I wouldn't give to be eighteen, wild and free 
C                        F      
Buzzin' off a can of the grizzly
        G 
 wintergreen 
Buzzin' off a can of the grizzly wintergreen 
C                           F      
Lookin' old enough to pull off this
        G 
 fake ID 
Lookin' old enough to pull off this fake ID 
C                                  
I'll be right where I wanna be when
       F 
 I'm eighteen 
I'll be right where I wanna be when I'm eighteen 
 C              F C F 
Eighteen, yeah
[Pont]
Am 
I'm old enough to smoke 
    F 
I'm old enough to vote 
         C                        
But they turn me away when I go to
      G 
 the Cotton Eyed Joe 
But they turn me away when I go to the Cotton Eyed Joe 
              Am 
They say the grass is always greener
 
They say the grass is always greener 
    F 
And I believe that's right 
        C                       
But my friends are off to Vegas,
          G 
 they're leavin' me behind
But my friends are off to Vegas, they're leavin' me behind
[Refrain]
C                           F    
What I wouldn't give to be twenty
       G 
 one, wild and free 
What I wouldn't give to be twenty one, wild and free 
C                              
Open up a cold one and drink it
  F 
 legally 
Open up a cold one and drink it legally 
C                                 
Chase a bunch of girls, go see the
 F 
 world 
Chase a bunch of girls, go see the world 
       G 
Let my wild streak run 
C 
I'll be right where I wanna be 
         F           G         
When I'm twenty one, twenty one
   C F G 
 
When I'm twenty one, twenty one 
 C                           F G 
(woah, when I'm twenty one) 
      C                             
(yeah, when I'm twenty one, it'll be
         F 
 alright 
(yeah, when I'm twenty one, it'll be alright 
      G                          
(yeah, it'll be alright, when I'm
 C           F G 
 twenty one)
(yeah, it'll be alright, when I'm twenty one)
[Outro]
C                                   
Now I'm twenty five and I'm drinking
 F            G 
 wine with my wife at home 
Now I'm twenty five and I'm drinking wine with my wife at home 
C                                   
Got a couple of dogs and a couple of
 F                 G 
 songs on the radio 
Got a couple of dogs and a couple of songs on the radio 
C                              F    
And we sit around and we laugh about
         G      C 
 how we used to be 
And we sit around and we laugh about how we used to be 
C 
When  all we cared about was turning
 sixteen
When  all we cared about was turning sixteen