Intro: Am C F G x2

Chorus:
    AmOnce I was seven years Cold
    my momma told Fme
    go make yourself some friends or youʼll be Glonely
    Amonce I was seven years ColdF 

AmIt was a big big Cworld
but we thought we were bigFger

Pushing each other to the limits
we were Glearning quickAmer
By eleven smoking Cherb
and drinking burning liquFor
Never rich so we were out to make that Gsteady figure

Chorus:
    AmOnce I was eleven years Cold
    my daddy told mFe
    go get yourself a wife or youʼll be Glonely
    AmOnce I was eleven years ColdF 

AmI always have that Cdream
like my Daddy before Fme

So I started writing songs
I started Gwriting storiAmes
Something about that Cglory
just always seemed to bore Fme

Cause only those I really love
will ever Greally know me

Chorus:
    AmOnce I was twenty years Cold
    my story got Ftold
    before the morning sun, when life was Glonely
    AmOnce I was twenty years Cold F 

AmI only see my Cgoals
I donʼt believe in faiFlure

Cause I know the smallest voices
they can Gmake it majoAmr 
I got my boys with Cme at least those in faFvor

and if we donʼt meet before I leave
I hope I Gsee you later

Chorus:
    AmOnce I was twenty years Cold
    my story got Ftold

I was writing about everything
    I saw beGfore me
    AmOnce I was twenty years Cold F 


    AmSoon weʼll be 30 years Cold
    our songs have been Fsold

weʼve traveled around the world
    and weʼre still Groaming
    AmSoon weʼll be 30 years Cold F 

Bridge:
    AmIʼm still learning about Clife
    my woman brought children for Fme

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

    AmMost of my boys are with Cme
    some are still out seeking gloFry

And some I had to leave behind
    my brother, GIʼm still sorry

FSoon Iʼll be sixty years Amold
my daddy got sixty-Gone
remember life and then your Clife

becomes a better one

FI made a man so happy
Amwhen I wrote a letter once
GI hope my children come and Cvisit

once or twice a month

FSoon Iʼll be sixty years Amold
will I think the world is Gcold
or will I have a lot of Cchildren

who can warm me

FSoon Iʼll be sixty years Amold F 

AmSoon Iʼll be sixty years Cold
will I think the world is Fcold

or will I have a lot of children
who can Gwarm me

AmSoon Iʼll be sixty years Cold F 

AmOnce I was seven years Cold,
my momma told Fme,

go make yourself some friends
or youʼll be Glonely

Amonce I was seven years ColdF 
Amonce I was seven years Cold