INTRO:
 G                    D          G
(Doo-doo-doo-doo-doo..da-doo-doo-doo..
    D           G       D           G
 da-doo-doo-doo-doo..da-doo-doo-doo-doo..)


#1.
       D          G               Dm
Ohh, a year ago tonight, you were sixteen, the 
Am7                              G
sweetest teenage queen I've ever seen.
G                   D                    Dm
A year ago tonight, I let you know, that sixteen 
              Am7         G    G7
candles in my heart would glow.


CHORUS:
C                             G
When you made your wish, kid, I was wishing, too.
     A                    Gb   Dm
That I'd be saying, Happy birthday, your whole 

life through.


#2.
G                      Dm
Doo-doo-dum, (ah-ha) tonight, I kissed you, dear.
    Am7                                        G    G7
And told you that I'd be yours, throughout the years.
            C                       G           Am7
Now, Father Time has proven we were right..whoa-whoa,
                  D           G
two lovers born a year ago, tonight.
(Tonight, tonight)



INTERLUDE: G D G G7


CHORUS:
C                             G
When you made your wish, kid, I was wishing, too.
     A                    Gb   Dm
That I'd be saying, Happy birthday, your whole 

life through.


#3.
G                    Dm
A year ago (ah-ha) tonight, I kissed you, dear.
    Am7                                        G    G7
And told you that I'd be yours, throughout the years.
            C                       G           Am7
Now, Father Time has proven we were right..whoa-whoa,
                  D           G
two lovers born a year ago, tonight.
(Tonight, tonight)


OUTRO:
G           D                A      D           G
Whoa, whoa, whoa, two lovers born a year ago, tonight.
G           D                A      D           G
Yeah, yeah, yeah, two lovers born a year ago, tonight.
(Tonight, tonight, tonight.)