It Was A Very Good Year Chords
by Lou Rawls
It Was A Very Good Year by Lou Rawls is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, F, G, B7, E and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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