It Was A Very Good Year

IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR
By Ervin Drake

The intro-outro works well between verses.
It can also be played an octave higher

6 -5 6 -3  6 -5 6 -6 6 -5
6 -5 6 5 5 5*

When I was sev-en-teen
-3  -4  5* -5  -7  -7
It was a ver-y good year
-6 7  -7  7  7  -5*  -5*
It was  a ver-y good year 
-5* -6 -5* -5-5  -7  -7 
for small town girls
-8   8     -7   -7
And soft sum-mer nights
8    -7   7   7   7
We'd hide from the lights
-7*   -7   -6* -6*  -6*
On the vil-lage green
-7  -7  7   6     6
When I was sev-en-teen
6   -6* 7  -6* -5  -5

When I was twen-ty-one
-3  -4 5*  -5  -7  -7
It was a ver-y good year
-6 7  -7  7  7  -5*  -5*
It was  a ver-y good year 
-5* -6 -5* -5-5  -7  -7 
for cit-y girls
-8   8 -7   -7
Who lived up the stair
8    -7   7   7   7
With per-fumed hair
-7*  -7 -6* 6*  -6*
And it came un-done
-7  -7  7   6   6
When I was twen-ty-one
6   -6* 7  -6* -5  -5

When I was thir-ty-five
-3  -4  5* -5  -7  -7
It was a ver-y good year
-6 7  -7  7  7  -5*  -5*
It was  a ver-y good year 
-5* -6 -5* -5-5  -7  -7 
for blue-blood-ed girls 
-8   8    -7   -7  -7
Of in-de-pen-dent means
8  -7 -7  7   7    7
We'd ride in lim-ou-sines
-7*   -7  -7 -6* -6* -6*
Their chauf-feurs would drive
-7      -7    7     6     6
When I was thir-ty-five
6   -6* 7  -6* -5  -5


But now the days grow short
-3  -4   5* -5     -7  -7
I'm in the aut-umn of the year
-6  7  -7    7  7  -5* -5* -5*
And now I think of my life 
-5* -6 -5* -5   -5 -7  -7
as vin-tage wine
-8  8   -7   -7
From fine old kegs
8     -7  77   7  
From the brim to the dregs
-7*  -7*  -7 -6* -6*  -6*
It  poured sweet and clear
-7   7       6    6    6 
It was a ver-y good year
6  -6* 7 -6*-6* -5   -5

6 -5 6 -3  6 -5 6 -6 6 -5
6 -5 6 5 5 5*

Frank Sinatra;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDp8anVM0eU

I really love this melody!