Original key: C#minor
Capo:3

You can play the 'C' as a 'Cmaj7'

[Chorus 1]

            
Once I was Sev

          
en years old,
              
my momma told 


me,           

  
              
go make yourse

              
lf some friend

              
s or you'll be

   
 lonely
            
once I was Sev

                     
en years old


[Verse 1]

           
It was a big b

    
ig world,
              
but we thought

 
 we were bigge

r.
                           
Pushing each other to the limits,
           
we were learni

ng quicker.
           
By eleven smok

      
ing herb
              
and drinking b

          
urning liquor
             
Never rich so 

              
we were out to

              
 make that ste


ady figure


[Chorus 2]

            
Once I was ele

           
ven years old,
              
my daddy told 


me,
              
go get yoursel

              
f a wife or yo

           
u'll be lonely

.
            
Once I was ele

                    
ven years old


[Verse 2]

            
I always have 

       
that dream
              
like my Daddy 

        
before me
                       
So I started writing songs
              
I started writ

    
ing storys
           
Something abou

       
t the glory,  
              
just always se

        
emed to bore m

e,
                          
Cause only those I really love 
         
will ever real

ly know me


[Chorus 3]

            
Once I was twe

           
nty years old,
              
my story got t


old,
              
before the mor

              
ning sun, when

           
 life was lone

ly.
            
Once I was twe

                     
nty years old


[Verse 3]

           
I only see my 

  
goals,
              
I don't believ

             
e in failure.
                         
Cause I know the smallest voices,
              
they can makin


g major,
            
I got my boys 

       
with me at lea

st those in fa

vour
             
and if we don´

              
t see before I

 
 leave,
          
I hope to see 

you later.


[Chorus 4]

            
Once I was 20 

       
years old
              
my story got t


old
                        
I was right about everything,
        
I saw before m

e
            
Once I was 20 

                 
years old


            
Soon we´ll be 

          
30 years old
              
our songs have

        
 been sold
                        
we´re travel around the world
             
and we´re stil

l rolling
            
Soon we´ll be 

                   
30 years old


[Verse 4]

           
I´m still lear

             
ning about lif

e
              
my woman broug

              
ht children fo

     
r me

so I can sing them all my songs
           
and I can tell

 them storys
           
Most of my boy

           
s are with me
              
some are still

              
 out seeking g

  
lory

And some I had to leave behind
             
my brother I´m

 still sorry


[Bridge]

         
Soon I´ll be 6

        
0 years old
              
my daddy got s

        
ixty-one
              
remember life 

           
and then your 

#            
life
             
becomes a bett

      
er one
        
I make the man

 so happy
             
when I wrote t


he letter once
         
I hope my chil

              
dren come and 

 
visit
              
once ore twice a month


[Chorus 5]

         
Soon I´ll be 6

         
0 years old
              
when I think t

         
he world is co

ld
          
when I have a 

 
lot of childre

n
       
who can bore m

e
         
Soon I´ll be 6

             
0 years old


            
Soon I´ll be 6

            
0 years old
              
when I think t

           
he world is co


ld

when I have a lot of children
        
who can bore m

e
            
Soon I´ll be 6

                
0 years old


[Ending]

            
Once I was sev

          
en years old,
              
my momma told 


me,           

  
              
go make yourse

              
lf some friend

              
s or you'll be

   
 lonely
            
once I was sev

                     
en years old

           
once I was sev

           
en years old