It Was A Very Good Year Chords

by Frank Sinatra
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Difficulty: advanced
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author Mats Fagergren [a] 5,339. Last edit on Nov 24, 2021

Chords

Fmaj7
Fmaj7+11
Am
A7
Dm
Eb
F
Eb-5
Ebmaj7
Eb7
D
C
Amaj7
Eb7-5
Eb6
Dmaj7
Cmaj7
D-5
Dsus2
Dsus2/Db
Dsus2/B
Dsus2/A
G6sus2
D(add9)/F#
Fmaj13
Em11
E/F
Bb-5/E
Dm(maj7)
Dm7
Daug

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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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5 comments
Mats Fagergren
Thanks a lot for this feedback
+1
alan377
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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djmrsunshine
Agree with Alan377, this is a great tab, thanks for the work!!
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