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Capo on 3rd
Chord
🔘 Em
🔘 G
🔘 C
🔘 D
Strumming Pattern
🔘 D ( once for each chord )
🔘 DDUD
🔘 D D DUU DD DU
[Verse 1][DDUD]
Em G
Once I was seven years old,
C
my momma told me,
D
go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely
Em G C [D D DUU DD DU]
once I was Seven years old
Em D G
It was a big big world,
C
but we thought we were bigger.
D
Pushing each other to the limits,
we were learning quicker.
Em D
By eleven smoking herb
G
and drinking burning liquor
C D
Never rich so we were out to make that steady figure
[Verse 2][DDUD]
Em D G
Once I was eleven years old,
C
my daddy told me,
D
go get yourself a wife or you'll be lonely.
Em D G C [D D DUU DD DU]
Once I was eleven years old
Em D G
I always have that dream
C
like my Daddy before me
D
So I started writing songs
I started writing stories
Em D G
Something about that glory,
C
just always seemed to bore me,
D
Cause only those I really love
will ever really know me
[Verse 3][DDUD]
Em D G
Once I was twenty years old,
C
my story got told,
D
before the morning sun, when life was lonely.
Em D G C [D D DUU DD DU]
Once I was twenty years old
Em D
I only see my goals,
G
I don't believe in failure.
C D
Cause I know the smallest voices,
they can make it major,
Em D G
I got my boys with me at least those in favor
C D
and if we don't see before I leave,
I hope to see you later.
[Verse 4][DDUD]
Em D G
Once I was twenty years old
C
my story got told
D
I was writing about everything,
I saw before me
Em D G C [D D DUU DD DU]
Once I was twenty years old
Em D G
Soon we'll be 30 years old
C
our songs have been sold
D
we've traveled around the world
and we're still roaming
Em D G C
Soon we'll be 30 years old
[Verse 5][DDUD]
Em D G
I'm still learning about life
my woman brought children for me
C
so I can sing them all my songs
D
and I can tell them stories
Em D G
Most of my boys are with me
C
some are still out seeking glory
And some I had to leave behind
D
my brother I'm still sorry
[Verse 6][DDUD]
Em D G
Soon I'll be sixty years old
C
my daddy got sixty-one
D
remember life and then your life
becomes a better one
Em D G
I made a man so happy
when I wrote a letter once
C D
I hope my children come and visit
once or twice a month
[Verse 7][DDUD]
Em D G
Soon I'll be sixty years old
will I think the world is cold
C
or will I have a lot of children
D
who can warm me
Em D G C
Soon I'll be sixty years old
Em D G
Soon I'll be sixty years old
will I think the world is cold
C
or will I have a lot of children
D
who can warm me
Em D G C
Soon I'll be sixty years old
[Verse 8][ D once for each chord ]
Em D G
Once I was seven years old,
C
my momma told me,
D
go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely
Em G C
once I was seven years old
Em D G
once I was seven years old