VERSION: Edited
Getting Started - by GuitarGem
To learn Frank Sinatra - It Was A Very Good Year chords with lyrics, begin by getting comfortable with these sequence: A, Dm, F, Eb, Am, A, Dm, Eb, Dm. Begin your practice at a relaxed 38 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 77. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: C.
Dm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_
Am _ _ _ _
A _ _ _ .
_ When
Dm I was seventeen, _ _ _ it
Eb was a very good year.
_
Dm It was a very good
F year for small town girls
Eb and soft summer nights.
_ .
_ _
D We'd hide from the lights _ _
C on the village green.
_ _ .
_ _
D When I was seventeen, _ _ .
_ _ _ _
Dm _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _
Am _ _ _ _
A _ .
_ _ _ _ when I
Dm was twenty-one,.
it _ _
Eb was a very good year.
_ It
Dm was a very good year
F for city girls
Eb who lived up the stair.
with
D all that perfumed hair.
_ _ _
Am And it
C _ .
came undone _ when I
D was twenty-one.
_ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _
Bm _ _
D _ .
G _ _
D _
F _ _
Am _ _
A _ .
_ When I
Dm was thirty-five, _ _ _
Eb it was a very good year.
It
Dm was a very good
F year for blue-blooded
Eb girls of independent _ means.
_
D We'd ride in _ limousines.
_
C Their chauffeurs would drive.
_ _ .
When I
D was thirty-five, _ _ _ _ .
Am _
Dm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
E _
Gm _ _
A _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ but
Dm now the days are short,.
F _ _
Am _ .
Dm I'm
Eb in the autumn of the year.
Gm _
G _ .
_ And now
Dm I think of my life.
F _ .
as vintage wine
Eb from fine older kegs.
_ _ from
D the brim to the dregs.
_
C It poured sweet and clear.
_ _
Am It
D was a very
Bm good year.
D _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Dm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _
Am _ _ _ _ _ _ .
A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .