It Was a Very Good Year Chords by The Kingston Trio
Tempo:
74.75 bpm
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Am] [F] [A] When I was [Dm] seventeen, [Gm] it was a very good [Bb] year.
[Eb] It was a very [D] good year [F] for small town girls [Eb] and soft summer nights.
[D] We'd hide from the light on [C] the village green.
When I was seventeen, [Dm]
[F] [A]
[Dm] when I was twenty-one, it was a very [Eb] good year.
[Gm] [Eb] It was a [D] very good [F] year for city girls [Eb] who lived up the stair,
with [D] perfumed hair [C] that came undone.
When I [D] was twenty, [Dm]
[Am] [A]
when I [Dm] was thirty-five, it [Bbm] was a very good year.
It was a very [D] good year [F] for blue-blooded girls [Eb] of independent means.
We'd [D] ride in limousines.
Their [C] chauffeurs would drive.
When [D] I was thirty-five,
[Dm] [Am]
[A] but now [Dm] the days are short.
I'm [Eb] in the autumn of the year, and now I [Dm] think of my life as vintage [Am] wine.
From [Eb] fine old cane, [D] from the brim to the drain.
[C] It poured sweet and clear.
[D] It was a very good year.
[Dm]
[Am] [A]
[Eb] It was a very [D] good year [F] for small town girls [Eb] and soft summer nights.
[D] We'd hide from the light on [C] the village green.
When I was seventeen, [Dm]
[F] [A]
[Dm] when I was twenty-one, it was a very [Eb] good year.
[Gm] [Eb] It was a [D] very good [F] year for city girls [Eb] who lived up the stair,
with [D] perfumed hair [C] that came undone.
When I [D] was twenty, [Dm]
[Am] [A]
when I [Dm] was thirty-five, it [Bbm] was a very good year.
It was a very [D] good year [F] for blue-blooded girls [Eb] of independent means.
We'd [D] ride in limousines.
Their [C] chauffeurs would drive.
When [D] I was thirty-five,
[Dm] [Am]
[A] but now [Dm] the days are short.
I'm [Eb] in the autumn of the year, and now I [Dm] think of my life as vintage [Am] wine.
From [Eb] fine old cane, [D] from the brim to the drain.
[C] It poured sweet and clear.
[D] It was a very good year.
[Dm]
[Am] [A]
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[Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [A] _ When I was [Dm] seventeen, _ _ [Gm] it was a very good [Bb] year.
[Eb] It was a very [D] good year [F] for small town girls [Eb] and soft summer nights. _
[D] We'd hide from the light _ on [C] the village green.
_ When I was seventeen, _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Dm] when I was twenty-one, _ it was a very [Eb] good year.
[Gm] _ [Eb] It was a [D] very good [F] year for city girls [Eb] who lived up the stair, _
with [D] perfumed hair _ _ [C] that came undone.
_ _ When I [D] was twenty, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _ _
when I [Dm] was thirty-five, _ it [Bbm] was a very good year.
_ It was a very [D] good year [F] for blue-blooded girls [Eb] of independent means.
_ We'd [D] ride in limousines. _
Their [C] chauffeurs would drive.
_ When [D] I was thirty-five, _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[A] _ _ but now [Dm] the days are short. _
I'm [Eb] in the autumn of the year, and now I [Dm] think of my life as vintage [Am] wine.
From [Eb] fine old cane, _ _ [D] from the brim to the drain.
_ _ _ [C] It poured sweet and clear. _
_ [D] It was a very good year. _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [A] _ When I was [Dm] seventeen, _ _ [Gm] it was a very good [Bb] year.
[Eb] It was a very [D] good year [F] for small town girls [Eb] and soft summer nights. _
[D] We'd hide from the light _ on [C] the village green.
_ When I was seventeen, _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[Dm] when I was twenty-one, _ it was a very [Eb] good year.
[Gm] _ [Eb] It was a [D] very good [F] year for city girls [Eb] who lived up the stair, _
with [D] perfumed hair _ _ [C] that came undone.
_ _ When I [D] was twenty, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _ _
when I [Dm] was thirty-five, _ it [Bbm] was a very good year.
_ It was a very [D] good year [F] for blue-blooded girls [Eb] of independent means.
_ We'd [D] ride in limousines. _
Their [C] chauffeurs would drive.
_ When [D] I was thirty-five, _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[A] _ _ but now [Dm] the days are short. _
I'm [Eb] in the autumn of the year, and now I [Dm] think of my life as vintage [Am] wine.
From [Eb] fine old cane, _ _ [D] from the brim to the drain.
_ _ _ [C] It poured sweet and clear. _
_ [D] It was a very good year. _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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