Instruments
| Dm | Dm6 | Am | A7 |
Verse 1
| Dm | Dm | Eb | Eb |When I was seventeen it was a very good year | Dm | F | Eb | Eb |It was a very good year for small town girls and soft summer nights | D | D | C | C |We'd hide from the lights on the village green | D | D |When I was seventeen
Instruments
| Dm | Dm6 | Am | Amaj7 A7 |
Verse 2
| Dm | Dm | Eb | Eb |When I was twenty-one it was a very good year | Dm | F | Eb | Eb |It was a very good year for city girls who lived up the stair | D | D | C | C |With all that perfumed hair and it came undone | D | D |When I was twenty-one
Instruments
key change to D| Dsus2 A/C# | Bm A | G F#m F | Em11 A7 |
Verse 3
key change to Dm| Dm | Dm | Eb | Eb |Then I was thirty-five it was a very good year | Dm | F | Eb | Eb |It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls Of independent means | D | D | C | C |We'd ride in limousines their chauffeurs would drive | D | D |When I was thirty-five
Instruments
| Dm9 | Dm69 | Am | [2/4] G#/A | A7 |
Verse 4
| Dm | Dmmaj7 Dm | Eb | Ebmaj7 Eb7 |But now the days are short, I'm in the autumn of the year | Dm | F | Eb | Eb |And now I think of my life as vintage wine from fine old kegs | D | D | C | C |From the brim to the dregs, and it poured sweet and clear | D | Gm6/D D |It was a very good year
Instruments
| Dm | Dm6 | Am | A7 |
