"IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR Chords" by Joe Girard

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When [Dm] I was seventeen, _ _ _ it [Eb] was a very good year. _ _
It [Dm] was a very good [F] year for small town [Eb] girls and soft summer nights. _
[D] We'd hide from the _ lights _
[C] on the village green. _ _
[D] When I was seventeen, _ _ _ _ _
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_ when [Dm] I was twenty-one, _ _
_ _ it [Eb] was a very good year.
_ [D] It was a [Dm] very good [F] year for city girls [Eb] who lived up the [Cm] stairs.
_ _ Though [D] that person turned _ _ and _ [C] it _ came _ undone.
[D] When I was twenty-one, _ _ _ _ _
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[Dm] _ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _ when I was [Dm] thirty-five,
_ _ it was [Eb] a very good year.
It [Dm] was a very good year [F] for blue-blooded girls of [Eb] independent means.
_ _ [D] We'd ride in _ _ _ limousines.
[C] Their chauffeurs would drive.
_ _ [D] When I was thirty-five, _ _ _ [Dm] _ [F] _ _ _
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[Em] when [B] now the [Dm] days are short,
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_ [Dm] _ I'm in [Eb] the autumn of the year.
_ And [Dm] now I think of my life [F]
as vintage wine,
[Eb] from fine old kegs, _ _ _ [D] from the brim to the _ drapes.
_ _ [C] It poured sweet and clear.
_ _ [D] It was a very good year. _ _ _ _ _
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