Fm Fm C# D# G# G#

Fm7 G# C#Once I was seven years old, my mama told me

D#Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely

Fm7 G# C#Once I was seven years old

Fm G# It was a big, big world, but we thought we were bigger

C# D# Pushing each other to the limits, we were learning quicker

Fm G# By eleven smoking herb and drinking burning liquor

C# D# Never rich so we were out to make that steady figure

Fm7 G# C#Once I was eleven years old, daddy told me,

D#Go get yourself a wife or you'll be lonely

Fm7 G# C#Once I was eleven years old

Fm G# I always had that dream like my daddy before me

C# D# Fm So I started writing songs, I started writing stories

Fm G#Something about that glory, just always seemed to bore me

C# D# Fm‘Cause only those I really love will ever really know me

Fm7 G# C#Once I was twenty years old, my story got told

C# D# FmBefore the morning sun, when life was lonely

Fm7 G# C#Once I was twenty years old

Fm G# I only see my goals, I don't believe in failure

C# D# Fm ‘Cause I know the smallest voices, they can make it major

Fm Gm G#I got my boys with me, at least those in favor

C# D# FmAnd if we don't see before I leave, I hope I'll see you later

Fm7 G# C#Once I was 20 years old, my story got told

C# D# FmI was writing about everything I saw before me

Fm7 G# C#Once I was 20 years old

Fm7 G# C#Soon we'll be 30 years old, our songs have been sold

D# FmWe've traveled around the world and we're still roaming

Fm7 G# C# G#Soon we'll be 30 years old

Fm D# G#I'm still learning about life,

G#my woman brought children for me

C#So I can sing them all my songs

D# Fmand I can tell them stories

FmMost of my boys are with me,

G#some are still out seeking glory

C#And some I had to leave behind,

D# Fmmy brother I'm still sorry

Fm7 G#Soon I'll be 60 years old, my daddy got 61

C# D# Fm7Remember life and then your life becomes a better one

Fm7 G#I made a man so happy when I wrote a letter once

C#I hope my children come and visit, once or twice a month

Fm7 G# C#Soon I'll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold

D# Fm7Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me

Fm7 G#Soon I'll be 60 years old

Fm7 G# C#Soon I'll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold

D# Fm7Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me

Fm7 G#Soon I'll be 60 years old

Fm G# C#Once I was seven years old, my mama told me

D# FmGo make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely

G# C# G#Once I was seven years old

Fm D# G#Once I was seven years old