Capo III
Intro: Bm F#
Bm
When I was seventeen
C
It was a very good year
Bm D
It was a very good year for small town girls
C
And soft summer nights
B
We’d hide from the lights
A
On the village green
B
When I was seventeen
Bm F#
Bm
When I was twenty-one
C
It was a very good year
Bm D
It was a very good year for city girls
C
Who lived up the stair
B
With all that perfumed hair
A
and it came undone
B
When I was twenty-one
Bm F#
Bm
When I was thirty-five
C
It was a very good year
Bm D
It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls
C
Of independent means
B
We’d ride in limousines
A
Their chauffeurs would drive
B
When I was thirty-five
Bm F#
Bm
But now the days are short
C
I’m in the autumn of the year
Bm D
And now I think of my life as vintage wine
C
from fine old kegs
B
from the brim to the dregs
A
It’s oh sweet and clear
B
It was a very good year
Outro: Bm F#
Intro: Bm F#
Bm
When I was seventeen
C
It was a very good year
Bm D
It was a very good year for small town girls
C
And soft summer nights
B
We’d hide from the lights
A
On the village green
B
When I was seventeen
Bm F#
Bm
When I was twenty-one
C
It was a very good year
Bm D
It was a very good year for city girls
C
Who lived up the stair
B
With all that perfumed hair
A
and it came undone
B
When I was twenty-one
Bm F#
Bm
When I was thirty-five
C
It was a very good year
Bm D
It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls
C
Of independent means
B
We’d ride in limousines
A
Their chauffeurs would drive
B
When I was thirty-five
Bm F#
Bm
But now the days are short
C
I’m in the autumn of the year
Bm D
And now I think of my life as vintage wine
C
from fine old kegs
B
from the brim to the dregs
A
It’s oh sweet and clear
B
It was a very good year
Outro: Bm F#