Intro: Am C F G x2

Chorus:
    Am                     C
    Once I was seven years old
                  F
    my momma told me
                                               G
    go make yourself some friends or youʼll be lonely
    Am                     C  F
    once I was seven years old

Am               C
It was a big big world
                          F
but we thought we were bigger
 
Pushing each other to the limits
        G             Am
we were learning quicker
                  C
By eleven smoking herb
                         F
and drinking burning liquor
                                       G
Never rich so we were out to make that steady figure

Chorus:
    Am                      C
    Once I was eleven years old
                   F
    my daddy told me
                                        G
    go get yourself a wife or youʼll be lonely
    Am                      C  F
    Once I was eleven years old

Am                 C
I always have that dream
                     F
like my Daddy before me
 
So I started writing songs
          G            Am
I started writing stories
                     C
Something about that glory
                           F
just always seemed to bore me
 
Cause only those I really love
          G
will ever really know me

Chorus:
    Am                      C
    Once I was twenty years old
                 F
    my story got told
                                          G
    before the morning sun, when life was lonely
    Am                      C   F
    Once I was twenty years old

Am            C
I only see my goals
                      F
I donʼt believe in failure
 
Cause I know the smallest voices
         G           Am
they can make it major
                   C                      F
I got my boys with me at least those in favor
 
and if we donʼt meet before I leave
         G
I hope I see you later

Chorus:
    Am                      C
    Once I was twenty years old
                 F
    my story got told
     
    I was writing about everything
            G
    I saw before me
    Am                      C   F
    Once I was twenty years old
     
     
    Am                     C
    Soon weʼll be 30 years old
                        F
    our songs have been sold
     
    weʼve traveled around the world
                    G
    and weʼre still roaming
    Am                     C   F
    Soon weʼll be 30 years old

Bridge:
    Am                       C
    Iʼm still learning about life
                                  F
    my woman brought children for me
     
    so I can sing them all my songs
              G
    and I can tell them stories
     
    Am                       C
    Most of my boys are with me
                                  F
    some are still out seeking glory
     
    And some I had to leave behind
                G
    my brother, Iʼm still sorry

F                        Am
Soon Iʼll be sixty years old
                   G
my daddy got sixty-one
                            C
remember life and then your life
 
becomes a better one
 
F
I made a man so happy
Am
when I wrote a letter once
G                           C
I hope my children come and visit
 
once or twice a month
 
F                        Am
Soon Iʼll be sixty years old
                          G
will I think the world is cold
                        C
or will I have a lot of children
 
who can warm me
 
F                        Am  F
Soon Iʼll be sixty years old
 
Am                       C
Soon Iʼll be sixty years old
                          F
will I think the world is cold
 
or will I have a lot of children
        G
who can warm me
 
Am                       C   F
Soon Iʼll be sixty years old
 
Am                     C
Once I was seven years old,
              F
my momma told me,
 
go make yourself some friends
             G
or youʼll be lonely
 
Am                     C  F
once I was seven years old
Am                     C
once I was seven years old