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Em
F
When I was seventeen it was a very good year
Em
It was a very good year
G
F
For small town girls and soft summer nights
E
We'd hide from the lights
D
E
On the village green when I was seventeen
Em
F
When I was twentyone, it was a very good year
Em
It was a very good year
G
F
For city girls who lived up the stair
E
With perfumed hair
D
E
That came undone, when I was twenty-one
Em
F
When I was thirty-five it was a very good year
Em
It was a very good year
G
F
For blue blooded girls of independant means
E
We'd ride in limousines
D
E
Their chauffeurs would drive when I was thirty-five
Em
F
But now the days are short, I'm in the autumn of the year
Em
And now I think of my life
G
F
As vintage wine from the old kegs
E
From the brim to the dregs
D
E
It poured sweet and clear, it was a very good year