Intro: Gm Bb/D Eb F Gm Bb/D Eb   

Gm                                    Bb/D                          
Once I was seven years old, my momma told me   
                                                                         F  
Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely   
Gm                                   Bb/D   Eb                       
Once I was seven years old   

Gm/D               F    Bb/F                              Bb/F  
     It was a big big world, but we thought we were bigger   
Eb/Bb                  Eb/Bb          Eb/Bb                F/C          
     Pushing each other to the limits, we were learning quicker   
Gm/D             F             Bb/F                      Bb/F  
     By eleven smoking herb and drinking burning liquor   
Eb/Bb     Eb/Bb                 Eb/Bb                  F/C                
    Never rich so we were out to make that steady figure   
Gm/D                      F        Bb/F     Bb/F           Eb/Bb  
Once I was eleven years old, my daddy told me   
      Eb/Bb              Eb/Bb                 F         
Go get yourself a wife or you'll be lonely   
Gm                      Bb         Eb   
Once I was eleven years old   

Gm           Bb                                    
I always had that dream like my daddy before me   
Eb                                    F               Gm   
So I started writing songs, I started writing stories   
Gm                        Bb   
Something about the glory, just always seemed to bore me   
Eb                                 F           Gm   
only those I really love will ever really know me   
Gm                          Bb               Eb   
Once I was twenty years old, my story got told   
Eb                                    F     Gm        
Before the morning sun, when life was lonely   
Gm                      Bb          Eb   
Once I was twenty years old   

Gm            Bb   
I only see my goals, I don't believe in failure   
Eb                                         F            Gm   
Cause I know the smallest voices, they can make it major   
Gm                  Am         Bb   
I got my boys with me and this goes in favor   
    Eb                                        F            Gm   
And if we don't see before I leave, I hope to see you later   
Gm                  Bb                Eb   
Once I was 20 years old, my story got told   
Eb                                   F         Gm   
I was writing about everything, I saw before me   
Gm                  Bb     Eb   
Once I was 20 years old   

Gm                     Bb                       Eb   
Soon we'll be 30 years old, our songs have been sold   
                                                F      Gm   
We've traveled around the world and we're still rolling   
Gm                     Bb       Eb       Bb   
Soon we'll be 30 years old   

    Gm              F   Bb   
I'm still learning about life   
Bb   
My woman brought children for me   
Eb   
So I can sing them all my songs   
          F                Gm   
And I can tell them stories   
Gm             
most up my boys are with me   
Bb   
Some are still out seeking glory   
Eb   
some I had to leave behind   
           F               Gm   
My brother I'm still sorry   

Gm                    Bb   
Soon I'll be 60 years old, my daddy got 61   
Eb                                        F          Gm   
Remember life and then your life becomes a better one   
Gm                      Bb   
I made the man so happy when I wrote a letter once   
Eb   
I hope my children come and visit, once or twice a month   

Gm                    Bb                            Eb   
Soon I'll be 60 years old, and I think the world is cold   
                                      F      Gm   
When I have a lot of children who can bore me   
Gm                 Bb   
Soon I'll be 60 years old   

Gm                    Bb                            Eb   
Soon I'll be 60 years old, and I think the world is cold   
                                      F      Gm   
When I have a lot of children who can bore me   
Gm                 Bb   
Soon I'll be 60 years old   

Gm               Bb                        Eb   
Once I was seven years old, my momma told me   
                                           F     Gm   
Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely   
                      Bb      Eb    Bb   
Once I was seven years old   
Gm              F         Bb   
Once I was seven years old