It Was A Very Good Year

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INTRO: Dm Am F A
#1.
           D    Dm             Gm   Eb
When I was seventeen, it was a very good year.
         D
It was a very good year for small town girls
    Eb
and soft summer nights.
     D                           C
We'd hide from the lights on the village green.
           D
When I was seventeen.
INTERLUDE:(Whistling) Dm Am F A
#2.
           Dm                   Eb
When I was twenty-one, it was a very good year.
         D                  Eb             Ab
It was a very good year for city girls who lived
up the stair.
     D                   Ab
With perfumed hair, that came undone, when I was
D
twenty-one.
INTERLUDE: D Dm Am F A
#3.
           Dm                    Eb
When I was thirty-five, it was a very good year.
         D         Eb       F    Am
It was a very good year for blue blooded girls
   Eb
of independent means.
     D                         Eb
We'd ride in limousines, their chauffeurs would
drive.
           D
When I was thirty-five.
INTERLUDE: D Dm Am F A
#4.
Dm          D                   Gm     Eb
But now the days are short, I'm in the autumn of
the year.
          D                   Eb
And now I think of my life as vintage wine from fine
old kegs.
         Dm                    C
From the brim to the dregs, it poured sweet and clear.
         D
It was a very good year.