7 Years

[Intro]
C#m  E  A  B
C#m  E  A


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


[Verse]
C#m           B   E
It was a big big world,
                              A
but we thought we were bigger.

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


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


[Verse]
C#m            B    E
I always have that dream
                         A
like my daddy before me

So I started writing songs
          B          C#m
I started writing stories
                     B  E
Something about that glory,
                           A
just always seemed to bore me,

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


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


[Verse]
C#m            B  E
   I only see my goals,
                            A
I don't believe in failure.

Cause I know the smallest voices,
         B         C#m
they can make it major,
              B    E                      A
I got my boys with me at least those in favor

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


[Chorus]
C#m                B     E
Once I was twenty years old
             A
my story got told

I was writing about everything,
        B
I saw before me
C#m                B     E    A
Once I was twenty years old


[Chorus]
C#m                   B     E
Soon we’ll be thirty years old
                    A
our songs have been sold

we've traveled around the world
                B
and we’re still roaming
C#m                   B     E    A
Soon we’ll be thirty years old


[Verse]
C#m                            E
I’m still learning about life
                                  A
my woman brought children for me

so I can sing them all my songs
          B                 C#m
and I can tell them stories

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

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


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

I made a man so happy
B              C#m
when I wrote a letter once
G#
I hope my children come and visit

once or twice a month


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

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


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

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


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


[Outro]
C#m               B     E
Once I was seven years old