Intro chords: [Em][G]– [Cmaj7][D]– [Em][G]– [Cmaj7]
Verse 1:
[Em]Once I was Seven years [G]old, my momma told me
Go [Cmaj7]make yourself some friends or you’ll be [D]lonely
[Em]Once I was Seven years [G]old [Cmaj7]
[Em]It was a big [D]big world, [G]but we thought we were bigger
Push-[Cmaj7]ing each other to the limits, we were learning [D]quicker
[Em]By eleven [D]smoking [G]herb and drinking burning liquor
[Cmaj7]Never rich so we were out to make that steady [D]figure
Verse 2:
[Em]Once I was eleven [D]years old, my [G]daddy told me
[Cmaj7]Go get yourself a wife or you’ll be [D]lonely
[Em]Once I was eleven [D]years [G]old [Cmaj7]
[Em]I always have [D]that [G]dream like my Daddy before me
[Cmaj7]So I´m started writing songs I started writing [D]stories
[Em]Something about [D]the glory, [G]just always seemed to bore me
[Cmaj7]Cause only those I really love will ever really [D]know me
Verse 3:
[Em]Once I was twenty [D]years old, [G]my story got told
[Cmaj7]before the morning sun, when life was [D]lonely
[Em]Once I was twenty [D]years [G]old [Cmaj7]
[Em]I only see my [D]goals, I [G]don’t believe in failure
[Cmaj7]Cause I know the smallest voices, they can make it [D]major
[Em]I got my boys with [D]me at, least [G]those in favor
[Cmaj7]and if we don´t meet before I leave, I hope to see you [D]later
Verse 4:
[Em]Once I was 20 [D]years old my [G]story got told
[Cmaj7]I was writing about everything I saw before [D]me
[Em]Once I was 20 [D]years [G]old [Cmaj7]
[Em]Soon we´ll be 30 [D years [G]old our songs have been sold
[Cmaj7]we´ve travel around the world and we´re still [D]roaming
[Em]Soon we´ll be 30 [D]years [G]old [Cmaj7]
Bridge:
[Em]I´m still learning about [G]life my woman brought children for me
[Cmaj7]So I can sing them all my songs and I can tell them [D]stories
[Em]Most of my boys are with me [G]some are still out seeking glory
[Cmaj7]And some I had to leave behind, my brother [G]I´m still sorry
[Cmaj7]Soon I´ll be 60 [D]years old [|][Em]my daddy got 61
[D]remember life and then your life becomes a [G]better one
[Cmaj7]I made the man so happy [D]when I wrote the [Em]letter once
[B7sus4]I hope my children come and visit once or [B7]twice a month
[Cmaj7]Soon I´ll be 60 [D]years old [Em]will I think the world is cold
[D]or will I have a lot of children who [G]can warm me?
[Cmaj7]Soon I´ll be 60 [D]years [Em]old [Cmaj7][Dadd4|]
[Em]Soon I´ll be 60 [D]years old [G]will I think the world is cold
[Cmaj7]Or will I have a lot of children who can warm [D]me?
[Em]Soon I´ll be 60 [D]years old [G][Cmaj7]
Outro:
[Em]Once I was seven years [G]old, my momma told me,
[Cmaj7]go make yourself some friends or you’ll be [D]lonely
[Em]once I was seven [D]years [G]old [Cmaj7]
[Em]once I was seven [D]years [G]old