Intro
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Verse 1
[E] [Am]
When I was seventeen
[Bb]
It was a very good year
[Am] [C]
It was a very good year for small town girls
[Bb]
And soft summer nights
[A]
We'd hide from the lights
[G]
On the village green
[A]
When I was seventeen
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Verse 2
[E] [Am]
When I was twenty-one
[Bb]
It was a very good year
[Am] [C]
It was a very good year for city girls
[Bb]
Who lived up the stair
[A]
With all that perfumed hair
[G]
and it came undone
[A]
When I was twenty-one
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Verse 3
[E] [Am]
When I was thirty-five
[Bb]
It was a very good year
[Am] [C]
It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls
[Bb]
Of independent means
[A]
We'd ride in limousines
[G]
Their chauffeurs would drive
[A]
When I was thirty-five
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Verse 4
[E] [Am]
But now the days are short
[Bb]
I'm in the autumn of the year
[Am] [C]
And now I think of my life as vintage wine
[Bb]
from fine old kegs
[A]
from the brim to the dregs
[G]
It's oh sweet and clear
[A]
It was a very good year
Instrumental
N.C.
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