Written by Ervin Drake
Introdução: Em F Em G F B7 Em When I was seventeen F 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 When I was twentyone F 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 When I was thirty-five F 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 Their chauffeurs would drive E When I was thirty-five Em But now the days are short E 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 It poured sweet and clear E It was a very good year