Intro: Em F Em G F B7

       Em          F
When I was seventeen it was a very good year
       Em
It was a very good year 
    G             F
For small town girls and soft summer nights
   E
We'd hide from the lights
     D                E
On the village green when I was seventeen
        Em          F
When I was twentyone, it was a very good year
       Em
It was a very good year
    G           F
For city girls who lived up the stair
     E
With perfumed hair 
    D               E
That came undone, when I was twenty-one
        Em               F
When I was thirty-five it was a very good year
       Em
It was a very good year
   G              F
For blue blooded girls of independant means
   E
We'd ride in limousines
       D                      E
Their chauffeurs would drive when I was thirty-five
         Em                 F
But now the days are short, I'm in the autumn of the year
      Em
And now I think of my life
    G            F
As vintage wine from the old kegs 
      E
From the brim to the dregs
         D              E
It poured sweet and clear; it was a very good year