7 Years

[Intro]
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[Chorus]
Dm                     F
Once I was seven years old,
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my momma told me,
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go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely
Dm                     F    A#
once I was seven years old


[Verse]
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It was a big big world,
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but we thought we were bigger.

Pushing each other to the limits,
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we were learning quicker.
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By eleven smoking herb
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and drinking burning liquor
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Never rich so we were out to make that steady figure


[Chorus]
Dm                C     F
Once I was eleven years old,
              A#
my daddy told me,
                                    C
go get yourself a wife or you'll be lonely.
Dm                C     F   A#
Once I was eleven years old


[Verse]
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I always have that dream
                         A#
like my daddy before me

So I started writing songs
          C          Dm
I started writing stories
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Something about that glory,
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just always seemed to bore me,

Cause only those I really love
          C
will ever really know me


[Chorus]
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Once I was twenty years old,
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my story got told,
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before the morning sun, when life was lonely.
Dm                C     F    A#
Once I was twenty years old


[Verse]
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   I only see my goals,
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I don't believe in failure.

Cause I know the smallest voices,
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they can make it major,
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I got my boys with me at least those in favor

and if we don’t see before I leave,
          C
I hope to see you later.


[Chorus]
Dm                C     F
Once I was twenty years old
             A#
my story got told

I was writing about everything,
        C
I saw before me
Dm                C     F    A#
Once I was twenty years old


[Chorus]
Dm                   C     F
Soon we’ll be thirty years old
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our songs have been sold

we've traveled around the world
                C
and we’re still roaming
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Soon we’ll be thirty years old


[Verse]
Dm                            F
I’m still learning about life
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my woman brought children for me

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

Most of my boys are with me
F                                A#
some are still out seeking glory

And some I had to leave behind
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my brother I’m still sorry


[Bridge]
A#                  C     Dm
Soon I’ll be sixty years old
                   C
my daddy got sixty-one
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remember life and then your life
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becomes a better one

I made a man so happy
C              Dm
when I wrote a letter once
A
I hope my children come and visit

once or twice a month


[Chorus]
A#                  C     Dm
Soon I’ll be sixty years old
                          C
will I think the world is cold
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or will I have a lot of children

who can warm me
A#                  C     Dm   A#
Soon I’ll be sixty years old


[Chorus]
Dm                 C     F
Soon I’ll be sixty years old
                          A#
will I think the world is cold

or will I have a lot of children
        C
who can warm me
Dm                 C    F       A#
Soon I’ll be sixty years old


[Chorus]
Dm                     F
Once I was seven years old,
              A#
my momma told me,
                                           F
go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely
Dm               C     F    A#
Once I was seven years old


[Outro]
Dm               C     F
Once I was seven years old