D#m D#m B C# F# F#

D#m7 F# BOnce I was seven years old, my mama told me

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

D#m7 F# BOnce I was seven years old

D#m F# It was a big, big world, but we thought we were bigger

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

D#m F# By eleven smoking herb and drinking burning liquor

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

D#m7 F# BOnce I was eleven years old, daddy told me,

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

D#m7 F# BOnce I was eleven years old

D#m F# I always had that dream like my daddy before me

B C# D#m So I started writing songs, I started writing stories

D#m F#Something about that glory, just always seemed to bore me

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

D#m7 F# BOnce I was twenty years old, my story got told

B C# D#mBefore the morning sun, when life was lonely

D#m7 F# BOnce I was twenty years old

D#m F# I only see my goals, I don't believe in failure

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

D#m Fm F#I got my boys with me, at least those in favor

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

D#m7 F# BOnce I was 20 years old, my story got told

B C# D#mI was writing about everything I saw before me

D#m7 F# BOnce I was 20 years old

D#m7 F# BSoon we'll be 30 years old, our songs have been sold

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

D#m7 F# B F#Soon we'll be 30 years old

D#m C# F#I'm still learning about life,

F#my woman brought children for me

BSo I can sing them all my songs

C# D#mand I can tell them stories

D#mMost of my boys are with me,

F#some are still out seeking glory

BAnd some I had to leave behind,

C# D#mmy brother I'm still sorry

D#m7 F#Soon I'll be 60 years old, my daddy got 61

B C# D#m7Remember life and then your life becomes a better one

D#m7 F#I made a man so happy when I wrote a letter once

BI hope my children come and visit, once or twice a month

D#m7 F# BSoon I'll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold

C# D#m7Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me

D#m7 F#Soon I'll be 60 years old

D#m7 F# BSoon I'll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold

C# D#m7Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me

D#m7 F#Soon I'll be 60 years old

D#m F# BOnce I was seven years old, my mama told me

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

F# B F#Once I was seven years old

D#m C# F#Once I was seven years old