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