Capo: 3

[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 b

          
ig world, but 

we thought we 

were bigger
         
Pushing each o

              
ther to the li

              
mits, we were 


learning quick

er
           
By eleven smok

      
ing herb and d

rinking burnin

g 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 had t

    
hat dream like

 my daddy befo

re me
         
So I started w

              
riting songs, 

          
I started writ

ing stories
            
Something abou

            
t that glory j

     
ust always see

med to bore me
         
Cause only tho

              
se I really lo

             
ve will ever r

eally know me


[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 Grah

am!!!)


[Verse 3]

           
I only see my 

          
goals, I don't

 believe in fa

ilure
         
Cause I know t

              
he smallest vo

              
ices, they can

 
 make it major
            
I got my boys 

    
with me at lea

st those in fa

vor
         
And if we don'

              
t meet before 

              
I leave, I hop

       
e I'll see you

 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 lear

          
ning about lif

e

My woman broug

ht children fo

r me

So I can sing 

them all my so

ngs
              
And I can tell

 
 them stories
            
Most of my boy

          
s are with me

Some are still out seeking glory

And some I had

 to leave behi

nd
           
My brother I'm

 still sorry


[Bridge]

         
Soon I'll be 6

           
0 years old, m

            
y daddy got si

xty-one 
              
Remember life 

              
and then your 


life becomes a

 better one
         
I made a man s

             
o happy when I

         
 wrote a lette

r once
            
I hope my chil

              
dren come and 

 
visit, once or

 twice a month


[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
            
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 6]

            
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