{c:Intro F#m}  {capo on 2 F# like open Em; D like open C; C like open D, A like open G}

v1:       [F#m]Girl of sixteen, whole life ahead of her

            [F#m]Slashed her wrists, bored with life

            [F#m]Didn't succeed, thank the Lord – [D]For small [E]merci[F#m]es

v2:       [F#m]Fighting back the tears, mother reads the note again

            [F#m]Sixteen candles burn in her mind

            [F#m]She takes the blame, it's always the same

She [D]goes down on her [E]knees and [F#m]prays

c:         I [D]don't want to start any [A]blasphemous rumours

            But I [Bm]think that God's got a [D]sick sense of humor

            And [E 5]when I die I expect to find Him [D]laughing

v3:       [F#m]Girl of eighteen, fell in love with everything

            [F#m]Found new life in Jesus Christ

            [F#m]Hit by a car, ended up           

            [D]On a life sup- [E]port ma- [F#m]chine

v4:       [F#m]Summer's day, as she passed away

            [F#m]Birds were singing in the summer sky

            [F#m]Then came the rain, and once again           

            A [D]tear fell from her [E]mother's [F#m]eye

c:         I [D]don't want to start any [A]blasphemous rumours

            But I [Bm]think that God's got a [D]sick sense of humor

            And [E 5]when I die I expect to find Him [D]laughing

c:         I [D]don't want to start any [A]blasphemous rumours

            But I [Bm]think that God's got a [D]sick sense of humor

            And [E 5]when I die I expect to find Him [D]laughing