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Intro: C# D#m7 F# | Bmaj Bmaj Bmaj C# D#m7 F# | Bmaj Chorus: D#m7 F# Once I was seven years old, Bmaj My mama told me, “Go make yourself some friends C# Or you’ll be lonely”, D#m7 F# Bmaj Once I was seven years old. D#m C# F# It was a big, big world, B But we thought we were bigger, Pushing each other to the limits, C# D#m We were learning quicker, C# F# By eleven smoking herb B And drinking burning liquor, Never rich so we were out C# To make that steady figure. Chorus: D#m C# F# Once I was eleven years old, B My daddy told me, “Go get yourself a wife C# Or you’ll be lonely”, D#m C# F# Once I was eleven years old. Instrumental: Bmaj Bmaj Bmaj Bmaj D#m C# F# I always had that dream B Like my daddy before me, So I started writing songs, C# D#m I started writing stories. C# F# Something about that glory, B Just always seemed to bore me, ‘Cause only those I really love C# Will ever really know me. Chorus: D#m7 C# F# Once I was twenty years old, Bmaj My story got told Before the morning sun, C# When life was lonely, D#m7 C# F# Once I was twenty years old. Bmaj (Lukas Graham!) D#m C# F# I only see my goals, B I don’t believe in failure, ‘Cause I know the smallest voices, C# D#m They can make it major. C# F# I got my boys with me B At least those in favor And if we don’t meet before I leave, C# I hope I’ll see you later. Chorus: D#m7 C# F# Once I was twenty years old, Bmaj My story got told, I was writing ‘bout everything, C# I saw before me, D#m7 C# F# Bmaj Once I was twenty years old. D#m7 C# F# Soon we’ll be thirty years old, Bmaj Our songs have been sold, We’ve traveled around the world C# And we’re still roaming, D#m7 C# F# Bmaj Soon we’ll be thirty years old. D#m F# I’m still learning about life, B My woman brought children for me, So I can sing them all my songs C# And I can tell them stories. D#m Most of my boys are with me, F# B Some are still out seeking glory, And some I had to leave behind, F# My brother, I’m still sorry. Bridge: B C# D#m Soon I’ll be sixty years old, C# My daddy got sixty-one, Remember, life and then F# Your life becomes a better one. B I made a man so happy C# D#m When I wrote a letter once, Bb7sus4 I hope, my children come Bb7 And visit once or twice a month. Chorus: Bmaj C# D#m Soon I’ll be sixty years old, C# Will I think the world is cold F# Or will I have a lot of children Who can warm me? Bmaj C# D#m Bmaj Soon I’ll be sixty years old. D#m7 C# F# Soon I’ll be sixty years old, Bmaj Will I think the world is cold Or will I have a lot of children C# Who can hold me? D#m7 C# F# Bmaj Soon I’ll be sixty years old. D#m F# Once I was seven years old, B My mama told me, “Go make yourself some friends C# Or you’ll be lonely”, D#m7 C# F# Bmaj Once I was seven years old, D#m7 C# F# Once I was seven years old.
Published 07.05.16