Cm Cm G# A# D# D#

Cm7 D# G#Once I was seven years old, my mama told me

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

Cm7 D# G#Once I was seven years old

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

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

Cm D# By eleven smoking herb and drinking burning liquor

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

Cm7 D# G#Once I was eleven years old, daddy told me,

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

Cm7 D# G#Once I was eleven years old

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

G# A# Cm So I started writing songs, I started writing stories

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

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

Cm7 D# G#Once I was twenty years old, my story got told

G# A# CmBefore the morning sun, when life was lonely

Cm7 D# G#Once I was twenty years old

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

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

Cm Dm D#I got my boys with me, at least those in favor

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

Cm7 D# G#Once I was 20 years old, my story got told

G# A# CmI was writing about everything I saw before me

Cm7 D# G#Once I was 20 years old

Cm7 D# G#Soon we'll be 30 years old, our songs have been sold

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

Cm7 D# G# D#Soon we'll be 30 years old

Cm A# D#I'm still learning about life,

D#my woman brought children for me

G#So I can sing them all my songs

A# Cmand I can tell them stories

CmMost of my boys are with me,

D#some are still out seeking glory

G#And some I had to leave behind,

A# Cmmy brother I'm still sorry

Cm7 D#Soon I'll be 60 years old, my daddy got 61

G# A# Cm7Remember life and then your life becomes a better one

Cm7 D#I made a man so happy when I wrote a letter once

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

Cm7 D# G#Soon I'll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold

A# Cm7Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me

Cm7 D#Soon I'll be 60 years old

Cm7 D# G#Soon I'll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold

A# Cm7Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me

Cm7 D#Soon I'll be 60 years old

Cm D# G#Once I was seven years old, my mama told me

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

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

Cm A# D#Once I was seven years old