[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
E Am
When I was seventeen
Bb
It was a very good year
Am C
It was a very good year for small town girls
Bb
And soft summer nights
A
We'd hide from the lights
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On the village green
A
When I was seventeen
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[Verse 2]
E Am
When I was twenty-one
Bb
It was a very good year
Am C
It was a very good year for city girls
Bb
Who lived up the stair
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With all that perfumed hair
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and it came undone
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When I was twenty-one
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[Verse 3]
E Am
When I was thirty-five
Bb
It was a very good year
Am C
It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls
Bb
Of independent means
A
We'd ride in limousines
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Their chauffeurs would drive
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When I was thirty-five
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[Verse 4]
E Am
But now the days are short
Bb
I'm in the autumn of the year
Am C
And now I think of my life as vintage wine
Bb
from fine old kegs
A
from the brim to the dregs
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It's oh sweet and clear
A
It was a very good year
[Instrumental]
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It Was A Very Good Year Chords by Frank Sinatra
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