It was a Very Good Year

Frank Sinatra

It Was A Very Good Year
Frank Sinatra 1965 (Ervin Drake) ***
 
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[Am]  [E] ** When I was [Am] seventeen, It was a [Bb] very good year
It was a [Am] very good year for [C] small town girls
And [Bb] soft summer nights.  We’d [A] hide from the lights
On the [G] village green.  When I was [A] seventeen
 
[Am]  [E] ** When I was [Am] twenty-one, It was a [Bb] very good year
It was a [Am] very good year for [C] city girls
Who [Bb] lived up the stair.  And had [A] perfumed hair
and it [G] came undone.  When I was [A] twenty-one
 
[Am]  [E] ** When I was [Am] thirty-five, It was a [Bb] very good year
It was a [Am] very good year for [C] blue-blooded boys
Of [Bb] independent means.  We’d [A] ride in limousines
Their [C] chauffeurs would drive.  When I was [A] thirty-five
 
[Bb] [A] [Dm] [E] ** But now the [Am] days are short.  I'm in the [Bb] autumn of the year.  And [Am] now I think of my life as [C] vintage wine from [Bb] fine old kegs, from the [A] brim to the dregs.  It [G] poured sweet and clear  It was a [A] very good year.
 
[Am]  [E] ** And now I'm [Am] sixty nine, And these are [Bb] very good years.   And all my [Am] friends are here in [C] Plaza Club - 
They [Bb] keep me in line.  We drink [A] scotch and wine.
You [G] all are here.  This is a [A] very good year.