A#m A#m F# G# C# C#

A#m7 C# F#Once I was seven years old, my mama told me

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

A#m7 C# F#Once I was seven years old

A#m C# It was a big, big world, but we thought we were bigger

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

A#m C# By eleven smoking herb and drinking burning liquor

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

A#m7 C# F#Once I was eleven years old, daddy told me,

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

A#m7 C# F#Once I was eleven years old

A#m C# I always had that dream like my daddy before me

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

A#m C#Something about that glory, just always seemed to bore me

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

A#m7 C# F#Once I was twenty years old, my story got told

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

A#m7 C# F#Once I was twenty years old

A#m C# I only see my goals, I don't believe in failure

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

A#m Cm C#I got my boys with me, at least those in favor

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

A#m7 C# F#Once I was 20 years old, my story got told

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

A#m7 C# F#Once I was 20 years old

A#m7 C# F#Soon we'll be 30 years old, our songs have been sold

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

A#m7 C# F# C#Soon we'll be 30 years old

A#m G# C#I'm still learning about life,

C#my woman brought children for me

F#So I can sing them all my songs

G# A#mand I can tell them stories

A#mMost of my boys are with me,

C#some are still out seeking glory

F#And some I had to leave behind,

G# A#mmy brother I'm still sorry

A#m7 C#Soon I'll be 60 years old, my daddy got 61

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

A#m7 C#I made a man so happy when I wrote a letter once

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

A#m7 C# F#Soon I'll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold

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

A#m7 C#Soon I'll be 60 years old

A#m7 C# F#Soon I'll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold

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

A#m7 C#Soon I'll be 60 years old

A#m C# F#Once I was seven years old, my mama told me

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

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

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