7 Years

[Intro]
D#m  F#  B  C#
D#m  F#  B


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


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

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


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


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

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

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


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


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

Cause I know the smallest voices,
         C#         D#m
they can make it major,
              C#    F#                      B
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]
D#m                C#     F#
Once I was twenty years old
             B
my story got told

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


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

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


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

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

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

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


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

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

once or twice a month


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

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


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

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


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


[Outro]
D#m               C#     F#
Once I was seven years old