It Was A Very Good Year Chords by Lou Rawls

[Dm] When I was 17, _ _ it [Eb] was a very good year. _
It [Dm] was a very good year for small town [Eb] girls and soft summer nights.
We [D] would hide from the lights _ on [C] the village green.
_ That's when I was [D] 17. _ _ _ _
_ _ Seventeen. _ _ _ _
_ When he was [Dm] 21, _ _ it was [Eb] a very good year. _ _
It was a very good year for big [C] city girls [Eb] who lived up the [Eb] stairs.
With all of [D] that perfume hair. _ _
Oh, [C] and it came _ _ undone.
That's when [D] he was _ 21. _ _
When he was _ 21. _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gbm] _ _ When he was [Dm] 35, _ [C] _ it [D] was a very good [Gm] year.
_ _ [C] It was [Dm] a very good year [F] for blue-blooded girls [Eb] of independent means.
They [D] would ride in their _ limousines that the girls' [C] _ chauffeurs would drive.
Oh, when he [B] was _ 35. _ _
When he was 35.
[D] _ _ _ _
But now the days grow [Dm] short.
[A] _
He's in [Eb] the autumn of the years. _
And now [Dm] he thinks of his life as vintage [F]
wine [Eb] from fine old kegs. _
[D] From the brim to the dregs. _
[C] Oh, it pours sweet and clear.
It [A] was a very good [D] year.
It was a very good year. _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Gbm] _ _
_ [D] From the brims to the dregs. _
[B] It pours [C] sweet and clear.
It [G] was a very [Dbm] _ good [D] year.
It was a very good year. _ _ _
[B] Very good. _ _ _ _