VIDEO LESSON - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gZ9NhNILaY

[Intro]

   
  


[Chorus 1]

            
Once I was sev

             
en years old m

             
y momma told m


e
              
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

 
 big world, bu

t we thought w

e were bigger
         
  Pushing each

              
 other to the 

              
limits, we wer

  
e learning qui

cker
          
  By eleven sm

    
oking herb and

 drinking burn

ing liquor
         
  Never rich s

              
o we were out 

             
to make that s

teady 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 had

  
 that dream li

ke my daddy be

fore me
         
  So I started

              
 writing songs

            
, I started wr

iting stories
            
  Something ab

          
out that glory


 just always s

eemed to bore 

me
         
  Cause only t

              
hose I really 

              
love will ever

 
 really know m

e


[Chorus 3]

            
Once I was 20 

         
years old, my 

          
story got told
              
Before the mor

              
ning sun, when

        
 life was lone

ly
            
Once I was 20 

        
years old
(Lukas Graham!!!)


[Verse 3]

           
  I only see m

/ 
y goals, I don

't believe in 

failure
         
  Cause I know

              
 the smallest 

              
voices, they c

   
an make it maj

or
            
  I got my boy

   
s with me at l

east those in 

favour
         
  And if we do

              
n't meet befor

              
e I leave, I h

         
ope I'll see y

ou later


[Chorus 4]

            
Once I was 20 

         
years old, my 

          
story got told
              
I was writing 

              
about everythi

            
ng, I saw befo

re me
            
Once I was 20 

     
years old
            
Soon we'll be 

         
30 years old, 

              
our songs have

      
 been sold
              
We've traveled

              
 around the wo

              
rld and we're 

      
still roaming
            
Soon we'll be 

        
30 years old


[Verse 4]

            
  I'm still le

             
arning about l

ife
              
My woman broug

              
ht children fo

  
r me
So I can sing them all my songs
          
And I can tell

 them stories
            
  Most of my b

             
oys are with m

e

Some are still

 out seeking g

lory

  And some I h

ad to leave be

hind
           
My brother I'm

 still sorry


[Bridge]

         
Soon I'll be 6

           
0 years old, m

            
y daddy got 61
              
Remember life 

              
and then your 


life becomes a

 better one
         
   I made a ma

             
n so happy whe

            
n I wrote a le

               
tter once
        
   I hope my c

              
hildren come a

   
nd visit, once

 or twice a mo

nth


[Chorus 5]

         
Soon I'll be 6

           
0 years old, w

              
ill I think th

           
e world is col

d
              
Or will I have

          
 a lot of chil

dren who can w

arm me
         
Soon I'll be 6

            
0 years old


[Chorus 6]

            
Soon I'll be 6

         
0 years old, w

              
ill I think th

           
e world is col


d
              
Or will I have

              
 a lot of chil

             
dren who can h

old me
            
Soon I'll be 6

          
0 years old


[Chorus 7]

            
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