G#m G#m E F# B B

G#m7 B EOnce I was seven years old, my mama told me

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

G#m7 B EOnce I was seven years old

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

E F# Pushing each other to the limits, we were learning quicker

G#m B By eleven smoking herb and drinking burning liquor

E F# Never rich so we were out to make that steady figure

G#m7 B EOnce I was eleven years old, daddy told me,

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

G#m7 B EOnce I was eleven years old

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

E F# G#m So I started writing songs, I started writing stories

G#m BSomething about that glory, just always seemed to bore me

E F# G#m‘Cause only those I really love will ever really know me

G#m7 B EOnce I was twenty years old, my story got told

E F# G#mBefore the morning sun, when life was lonely

G#m7 B EOnce I was twenty years old

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

E F# G#m ‘Cause I know the smallest voices, they can make it major

G#m A#m BI got my boys with me, at least those in favor

E F# G#mAnd if we don't see before I leave, I hope I'll see you later

G#m7 B EOnce I was 20 years old, my story got told

E F# G#mI was writing about everything I saw before me

G#m7 B EOnce I was 20 years old

G#m7 B ESoon we'll be 30 years old, our songs have been sold

F# G#mWe've traveled around the world and we're still roaming

G#m7 B E BSoon we'll be 30 years old

G#m F# BI'm still learning about life,

Bmy woman brought children for me

ESo I can sing them all my songs

F# G#mand I can tell them stories

G#mMost of my boys are with me,

Bsome are still out seeking glory

EAnd some I had to leave behind,

F# G#mmy brother I'm still sorry

G#m7 BSoon I'll be 60 years old, my daddy got 61

E F# G#m7Remember life and then your life becomes a better one

G#m7 BI made a man so happy when I wrote a letter once

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

G#m7 B ESoon I'll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold

F# G#m7Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me

G#m7 BSoon I'll be 60 years old

G#m7 B ESoon I'll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold

F# G#m7Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me

G#m7 BSoon I'll be 60 years old

G#m B EOnce I was seven years old, my mama told me

F# G#mGo make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely

B E BOnce I was seven years old

G#m F# BOnce I was seven years old