Capo 1
Intro
[C] [C/E] [F] [G]
Verse 1
[C]Take a left here boy, t[F]take it slow[G]slow
[C]Don't get distracted by that [F]radio[G]radio
[C]I just rolled my eyes and I said, "[F]"Daddy, I know[G]know"
[C]I'm fifteen, I ain't green like some ol' [F]ten year ol[G]old
Chorus
[C]What I wouldn't give to be s[F]sixteen, wild and f[G]free
[C]Cruisin' up and down main in my [F]F-1[G]F-150
[C]Roll the windows down, bass too l[F]loud from this burnt CD[G]CD
[C]I'll be right where I wanna be when I'm s[F]sixteen
S[G]Sixteen, yeah [C] [F] [G]
Verse 2
[C]Now that I can drive, finally feel al[F]alive, but I got this c[G]curfew
[C]Sneakin' in late, smelling like my g[F]girlfriend's p[G]perfume
[C]People talk about college and k[F]knowledge and that's alri[G]alright
[C]But all I'm thinkin' 'bout is an unsupervised Saturday night
Chorus 2
[C]What I wouldn't give to be e[F]eighteen, wild and f[G]free
[C]Buzzin' off a can of the [F]grizzly winterg[G]wintergreen
[C]Lookin' old enough to pull o[F]off this fake ID[G]ID
[C]I'll be right where I wanna be when I'm ei[F]eighteen
E[C]Eighteen, yeah [F] [C] [F]
Bridge
[Am]I'm old enough to smoke
I'm [F]old enough to vote
But they [C]turn me away when I go to the C[G]Cotton Eyed Joe
They say the g[Am]grass is always greener
And [F]I believe that's right
But my f[C]friends are off to Vegas, they're l[G]leavin' me behind
Chorus 3
[C]What I wouldn't give to be t[F]twenty one, w[G]wild and free
[C]Open up a cold one and drink it l[F]legally
[C]Chase a bunch of girls, go see the [F]world
Let my [G]wild streak run
[C]I'll be right where I wanna be
When I'm [F]twenty one, [G]twenty one [C] [F] [G]
([C](woah, when I'm twenty one) [F] [G]
(yeah,[C](yeah, when I'm twenty one, it'll be alright [F]
(yeah,[G](yeah, it'll be alright, when I'm [C]twenty one) [F] [G]
Outro
[C]Now I'm twenty five and I'm drinking [F]wine with my [G]wife at home
[C]Got a couple of dogs and a couple of [F]songs on the radio[G]radio
[C]And we sit around and we laugh [F]about how we u[G]used to [C]be
[C]When all we cared about was turning sixteen