It Was A Very Good Year Chords
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Difficulty: | advanced |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Capo: | no capo |
Author Mats Fagergren [a] 5,339. Last edit on Nov 24, 2021
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Song: It was a very good year
Artist: Frank Sinatra
Chord propsal by: Mats Fagergren, 2019
version see link: https://youtu.be/a9LHD8hIj98
Please use the chords according to my instructions, below:
E,A,D,G,B,e
Fmaj7 x,x,3,2,1,0
Fmaj7+11 x,x,3,2,0,0
Dmaj7 x,x,0,2,2,2
A7 x,0,2,0,2,0
D-5 x,x,0,1,3,2
Eb x,6,8,8,8,x
Dsus2/Db x,4,0,2,3,0
Eb-5 x,6,7,8,8,x
Ebmaj7 x,6,8,7,8,x
Eb7 x,6,8,6,8,x
Eb6 x,6,5,5,8,x
Bb-5/E x,x,2,3,3,0
Dm(maj7). x,x,0,2,2,1
Dm7 x,x,0,2,1,1
Daug x,x,0,3,3,2
Cmaj7 x,3,2,0,0,0
E/F x,x,3,1,0,0 (Fm(maj7)+11)
Dsus2 x,x,0,2,3,0
Dsus2/B x,2,0,2,3,0
Dsus2/A x,0,0,2,3,0
G6sus2 3,x,0,2,3,0
D(add9)/F# 2,x,0,2,3,0
Fmaj13 1,x,0,2,3,0
Em11 0,0,0,0,0,0
Amaj7 x,0,2,1,2,0
Eb7-5 x,6,7,6,8,x
[intro]
Fmaj7 Fmaj7+11 Am A7
I----0----0-------0--0-1-0-------0----0----------0-----I
I---1---3--------0--3-----3-----1---3------1----2------I
I--2--------2---2--------------2--------2------0-------I
I-3------------3--------------2---------------2--------I
I--------------------------------------------0---------I
I------------------------------------------------------I
[Verse 1]
A7 Dm
When I was seventeen
Dm Eb
It was a very good year
Eb Dm F
It was a very good year for small town girls
F Eb-5 Eb Ebmaj7 Eb7
And soft summer nights
Eb7 D
We'd hide from the lights
D C
On the village green
C D
When I was seventeen
[Intermission]
Fmaj7 Fmaj7+11 Am Amaj7 A7
I----0----0-------0--0-1-0------0----0---------0-----0-I
I---1---3--------0--3-----3----1---3----1-----2-----2--I
I--2--------2---2-------------2-------2------1-----0---I
I-3------------3-------------2--------------2-----2----I
I------------------------------------------0-----0-----I
I------------------------------------------------------I
[Verse 2]
A7 Dm
When I was twenty-one
Dm Eb Ebmaj7
It was a very good year
Ebmaj7 Dm Fmaj7
It was a very good year for city girls
Fmaj7 Eb-5 Eb ( Eb7-5 Eb6 Eb7-5 Eb6 )
Who lived up the stair
Eb6 D ( Dmaj7 D )
With all that perfumed hair
D C ( Cmaj7 C )
And it came undone
C D ( D-5 D )
When I was twenty-one
[interlude]
Dsus2 Dsus2/Db Dsus2/B Dsus2/A
..............................
G6sus2 D(add9)/F# Fmaj13 Em11 A7
..............................
[Verse 3]
A7 Dm
When I was thirty-five
Dm Eb
It was a very good year
Eb Dm F
It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls
F Eb-5 Eb
Of independent means
Eb D
We'd ride in limousines
D C
Their chauffeurs would drive
C D
When I was thirty-five
[intermission]
Fmaj7 E/F Bb-5/E Amaj7 A7
I----0----0-------0--0-1-0------0----0----------4-4----3-3-I
I---1---3--------0--3-----3----3---3-----------2------2----I
I--2--------2---1-------------3-------2-2-----2------2-----I
I-3------------3-------------2---------------2------2------I
I-----------------------------------------0-0--0---0-------I
I----------------------------------------------------------I
[Verse 4]
A7 Dm Dm(maj7) Dm7
But now the days are short
Dm7 Eb Ebmaj7 Eb7
I'm in the autumn of the year
Eb7 Dm F
And now I think of my life as vintage wine
F Eb
From fine old kegs
Eb D
From the brim to the dregs
D C Cmaj7
And it poured sweet and clear
Cmaj7 D ( D Daug D-5 D )
It was a very good year
[outro]
Fmaj7 Fmaj7+11 Am A7
I----0----0-------0--0-1-0-------0----0----------0-----I
I---1---3--------0--3-----3-----1---3------1----2------I
I--2--------2---2--------------2--------2------0-------I
I-3------------3--------------2---------------2--------I
I--------------------------------------------0---------I
I------------------------------------------------------I
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It Was A Very Good Year – Frank Sinatra
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Thanks a lot for this feedback
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Too good mate, best version by miles but most folks want to play the easy version. Thanks for all the hard work you put into this. A++
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Agree with Alan377, this is a great tab, thanks for the work!!
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