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It Was A Very Good Year chords
The Turtles 1965 (Erwin Drake 1961)

Capo III

Bm F#

BmWhen (x24432@1)I was seventeen
         CIt (x32010@1)was a very good year
         Bm (x24432@1)               DIt (xx0232@1)was a very good year for small town girls
    CAnd (x32010@1)soft summer nights
     BWe (x2444x@1)d hide from the lights
       AOn (x02220@1)the village green
           BWhen (x2444x@1)I was seventeen

Bm F#

BmWhen (x24432@1)I was twenty-one
         C (x32010@1)
It was a very good year
         Bm (x24432@1)               DIt (xx0232@1)was a very good year for city girls
    CWho (x32010@1)lived up the stair
     BWith (x2444x@1)perfumed hair
     Athat (x02220@1)came undone
           BWhen (x2444x@1)I was twenty-one

Bm F#

BmBut (x24432@1)now the days grow short
           CI'm (x32010@1)in the autumn of the year
    Bm (x24432@1)                      DAnd (xx0232@1)now I think of my life as vintage wine
     Cfrom (x32010@1)fine old kegs
         Bfrom (x2444x@1)the brim to the dregs
     AIt (x02220@1)s oh sweet and clear
         B (x2444x@1)            AIt (x02220@1)was a very good year
         B (x2444x@1)            AIt (x02220@1)was a very good year
         B (x2444x@1)            AIt (x02220@1)was a very good year  . . .

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