The Kingston Trio – It Was A Very Good Year (Guitar)

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When I was seventeen, it was a very good year.

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It was a very good year for small town girls

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and soft summer nights.

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We'd hide from the lights on the village green.

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When I was seventeen.

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When I was twenty-one, it was a very good year.

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It was a very good year for city girls who lived 

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With perfumed hair, that came undone, when I was 

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twenty-one.

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When I was thirty-five, it was a very good year.

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It was a very good year for blue blooded girls

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of independent means.

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We'd ride in limousines, their chauffeurs would 

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When I was thirty-five.

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But now the days are short, I'm in the autumn of 

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And now I think of my life as vintage wine from fine 

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From the brim to the dregs, it poured sweet and clear.

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It was a very good year.