Frank Sinatra – It Was A Very Good Year


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It Was A Very Good Year chords
Frank Sinatra Ervin Drake

 
Em 
Am 
Em 
Am 
G 
Em 
Am 
G 
B7 
 
W
Em 
hen I was seventeen
 
I
F 
t was a very good year
 
I
Em 
 
wa
G 
s a very good year for small town girls
 
A
F 
nd soft summer nights
 
W
E 
ed hide from the lights
 
O
D 
n the village green
 
W
E 
hen I was seventeen
 
Em 
Am 
Em 
Am 
G 
Em 
Am 
G 
B7 
 
W
Em 
hen I was twenty one
 
I
F 
t was a very good year
 
I
Em 
 
wa
G 
s a very good year for city girls
 
W
F 
ho lived up the stair
 
W
E 
ith all that perfumed hair
 
A
D 
nd it came undone
 
W
E 
hen I was twenty one
 
Em 
Am 
Em 
Am 
G 
Em 
Am 
G 
B7 
 
W
Em 
hen I was thirty five
 
I
F 
t was a very good year
 
I
Em 
 
wa
G 
s a very good year for blue blooded girls
 
O
F 
f independent means
 
W
E 
e d ride in limousines
 
T
D 
heir chauffeurs would drive
 
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E 
hen I was thirty five
 
Em 
Am 
Em 
Am 
G 
Em 
Am 
G 
B7 
 
B
Em 
ut now the days grow short
 
I
F 
m in the autumn of the year
 
A
Em 
nd 
 
n
G 
ow I think of my life as vintage wine
 
f
F 
rom fine old kegs
 
f
E 
rom the brim to the dregs
 
A
D 
nd it poured sweet and clear
 
I
E 
 
w
D 
as a very good year
 
I
E 
 
w
D 
as a very good year 3x

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Capo II

Em = Dm

F = Eb
E = D
G = F
D = C
Am = Gm
B7 = A7

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