Instruments

| Gm Bb | Ebmaj7 Fsus4 | [x2]

Hook

| Gm Bb | Once I was Seven years old, my momma told me,   | Ebmaj7 F |  go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely| Gm Bb | Ebmaj7 | Once I was Seven years old...

Verse

| Gm F/A Bb |  It was a big big world,  but we thought we were bigger.| Ebmaj7 F |  Pushing each other to the limits, we were learning quicker.| Gm F/A Bb |  By eleven smoking herb and drinking burning liquor| Ebmaj7 F |   Never rich so we were out to make that steady figure

Hook

| Gm Bb |Once, I was eleven years old, my daddy told me | Ebmaj7 F | "Go get yourself a wife, or you'll be lonely"| Gm F/A Bb | Ebmaj7 | Once, I was eleven years old...

Verse

| Gm F/A Bb | I always have that dream like my daddy before me| Ebmaj7 F |  So I´m started writing songs I started writing stories| Gm F/A Bb |  Something about the glory,   just always seemed to bore me,| Ebmaj7 F |  Cause only those I really love will ever really know me 

Hook

| Gm F/A Bb | Once I was twenty years old, my story got told,| Ebmaj7 F |  before the morning sun, when life was lonely.| Gm F/A Bb | Ebmaj7 | Once I was twenty years old

Verse

| Gm F/A Bb | I only seek my goals, I don't believe in failure.| Ebmaj7 F |  Cause I know the smallest voices, they can make it major,| Gm F/A Bb | I got my boys with me at least those in favor| Ebmaj7 F | and if we don´t meet before I leave, I hope to see you later.

Hook

| Gm F/A Bb | Once I was twenty years old my story got told| Ebmaj7 F |  I was writing about everything,I saw before me | Gm F/A Bb | Ebmaj7 | Once I was twenty years old| Gm F/A Bb | Soon we´ll be thirty years old our songs have been sold| Ebmaj7 F | we´re travel around the world and we´re still rolling| Gm F/A Bb | Ebmaj7 | Soon we´ll be thirty years old

Verse

| Gm Bb | I´m still learning about life my woman brought children for me| Ebmaj7 F | so I can sing them all my songs and I can tell them stories| Gm Bb | Most of my boys are with me some are still out seeking glory| Ebmaj7 Bb/D | And some I had to leave behind, my brother I´m still sorry

Bridge

| Ebmaj7 Gm |Soon I´ll be 60 years old my daddy got 61| F Bb/D | remember life and then your life becomes a better one| Ebmaj7 Gm | I made the man so happy when I wrote the letter once| D7sus4 D7 | I hope my children come and visit once or twice a month| Ebmaj7 Gm | Soon I´ll be 60 years old when I think the world is cold| F Bb/D | or will I have a lot of children who can warm me| Ebmaj7 Gm | Ebmaj7 | Soon I´ll be 60 years old| Gm F/A Bb | Soon I´ll be 60 years old when I think the world is cold| Ebmaj7 F | or will I have a lot of children who can warm me| Gm F/A Bb | Ebmaj7 | Soon I´ll be 60 years old

Hook

| Gm Bb | Once I was Seven years old, my momma told me, | Ebmaj7 F | go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely| Gm F/A Bb | Ebmaj7 | Once I was Seven years old...| Gm F/A Bb |once I was seven years old