Intro: Em F Em G F B7Em F When I was seventeen it was a very good yearEm It was a very good yearG F For small town girls and soft summer nightsE We'd hide from the lightsD E On the village green when I was seventeenEm F When I was twentyone, it was a very good yearEm It was a very good yearG F For city girls who lived up the stairE With perfumed hairD E That came undone, when I was twenty-oneEm F When I was thirty-five it was a very good yearEm It was a very good yearG F For blue blooded girls of independant meansE We'd ride in limousinesD E Their chauffeurs would drive when I was thirty-fiveEm F But now the days are short, I'm in the autumn of the yearEm And now I think of my lifeG F As vintage wine from the old kegsE From the brim to the dregsD E It poured sweet and clear; it was a very good year
It Was A Very Good Year
Lou Rawls
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