7 Years - Lukas Graham

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[Intro]                                                           

[Verse 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

         
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
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[Verse 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

        
I always have 

             
that dream lik

              
e my Daddy bef

    
ore me
         
So I´m started

              
 writing songs

              
 I started wri

    
ting stories
            
Something abou

         
t the glory, j

              
ust always see

            
med to bore me

                    
,
         
Cause only tho

              
se I really lo

              
ve will ever r

              
eally know me 
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[Verse 3]

         
Once I was twe

#            
nty years old,

              
 my story got 


told,
         
before the mor

              
ning sun, when

          
 life was lone


ly.
         
Once I was twe

#           
nty years old

            
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 le

ast those in f

avour
         
and if we don´

              
t meet before 

              
I leave, I hop

            
e to see you l

  
ater.

[Verse 4]

          
Once I was 20 

       
years old my s

tory got told
         
I was writing 

              
about everythi

              
ng I saw befor

   
e me 
          
Once I was 20 

       
years old

            
Soon we´ll be 

      
30 years old o

ur songs have 

been sold
         
we´ve traveled

              
 around the wo

              
rld and we´re 

    
still roaming
            
Soon we´ll be 

          
30 years old
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[Verse 5]

            
I´m still lear

             
ning about lif

             
e my woman bro

              
ught children 


for me
         
so I can sing 

              
them all my so

              
ngs and I can 

           
tell them stor

 
ies
            
Most of my boy

            
s are with me 

              
some are still

            
 out seeking g

lory
         
And some I had

              
 to leave behi

              
nd, my brother

     
 I´m still sor

ry
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[Verse 6]

        
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 the man

          
 so happy when

             
 I wrote the l

        
etter once
            
I hope my chil

             
dren come and 

         
visit once or 

            
twice a month
        
Soon I´ll be 6

     
0 years old wi

ll I think the

 world is cold
             
or will I have

              
 a lot of chil

              
dren who can w

                                                              
arm me?
        
Soon I´ll be 6

/       
0 years old
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[Verse7]

            
Soon I´ll be 6

         
0 years old wi

              
ll I think the

          
 world is cold
         
or will I have

              
 a lot of chil

              
dren who can w

    
arm me?
           
Soon I´ll be 6

/       
0 years old
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[Verse 8]

            
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

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