Capo: 4 Tuning: E A D G B E

Capo on the 4th Fret [Intro]

^GOnce I was seven years ^Bminold My mama told m^Emine "Go make yourself some ^Bmin7friends or you'll be lonely" ^GOnce I was seven years^Bmin old

[Verse 1]

^GIt was a^Bmin7 big big worl^Bmind But we thought ^Eminwe were bigger Pushing each other to the l^Bmin7imits

We were learning quicker

^GBy eleven^Bmin7 smoking herb and drinking bur^Bminning liquor ^EminNever rich so we were out to make^Bmin7 that steady figure

[Chorus 2]

^GOnce I was eleven^Bmin7 years old ^Bmin My daddy told ^Eminme "Go get yourself a^Bmin7 wife or you'll be lonely"

^GOnce I was eleven^Bmin7 years old ^Bmin

[Verse 2]

^GI always had^Bmin7 that dre^Bminam Like my daddy before ^Eminme So I started writing ^Bmin7songs ^Bmin7I started writing stories ^GSomething^Bmin7 about that glo^Bminry Just always seemed to ^Eminbore me 'Cause only those I really ^Bmin7love will ever really know me

[Chorus 3]

^GOnce I was twenty^Bmin7 years old^Bmin My story got ^Emintold Before the morning ^Bmin7sun, when life was lonely ^GOnce I was twenty^Bmin7 years old^Bmin

[Verse 3]

^GI only seek my^Bmin7 goals I don't be^Bminlieve in failure '^EminCause I know the smallest voic^Bmin7es, they can make it major ^GI got my boys with^Bmin7 me ^BminAt least those in favour ^EminAnd if we don´t meet before I lea^Bmin7ve, I hope i'll see you later.

[Chorus 4]

^GOnce I was twenty^Bmin7 years old^Bmin My story got ^Emintold I was writing about ever^Bmin7ything I saw before me ^GOnce I was twenty^Bmin7 years old^Bmin

[Chorus 5]

^GSoon we´ll be thirty^Bmin7 years old^Bmin Our songs have been ^Eminsold We´ve traveled around the ^Bmin7world and we´re still roaming ^GSoon we´ll be thirty^Bmin7 years old^Bmin

[Verse 4]

^GI´m still^Bmin7 learning about life My ^Bminwoman brought children for me ^EminSo I can sing them all my songs And I can ^Bmin7tell them stories ^GMost of my^Bmin7 boys are with me ^Bmin Some are still out seeking ^Eminglory

And some I had to leave behind

My brother ^Bmin7I´m still sorry

[Chorus 6]

^GSoon I´ll be sixty^Bmin7 years old^Bmin My daddy got sixty-^Eminone Remember life and then your ^Bmin7life becomes a better one ^GI made a^Bmin7 man so happy ^Bminwhen I wrote a letter once ^EminI hope my children come and visi^Bmin7t once or twice a month

[Bridge]

^GSoon I´ll be sixty^Bmin7 years old ^BminWill I think the world is cold ^EminOr will I have a lot of children who can warm me? ^Bmin7 ^GSoon I´ll be sixty^Bmin7 years old ^BminWill I think the world is cold ^EminOr will I have a lot of children who can warm me? ^Bmin7

[Chorus 1]

^GOnce I was seven years ^Bminold My mama told m^Emine "Go make yourself some ^Bmin7friends or you'll be lonely" ^GOnce I was seven years^Bmin old

[Outro]

^GOnce I was seven^Bmin7 years old^Emin

Jasmine Thompson - 7 years