DmA
Dm When I was seventeen
Eb * It was a very good year
DmF It was a very good 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
 
DmA
Dm When I was twenty-one
Eb It was a very good year
DmF It was a very good year for city girls
Eb Who lived up the stair
D With all that perfumed hair
C and it came undone
D When I was twenty-one
 
Dm A
Dm When I was thirty-five
Eb It was a very good year
DmF It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls
Eb Of independent means
D We’d ride in limousines
C Their chauffeurs would drive
D When I was thirty-five
 
Dm A
Dm But now the days are short
Eb I'm in the autumn of the year
DmF And now I think of my life as vintage wine
Eb from fine old kegs
D from the brim to the dregs
C It’s oh sweet and clear
D It was a very good year
 
DmA
* Eb chord: Dm = BmEb = CF = DD = BC = A 
A = F#
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