B _ _ _ _ _
Gm _ _ _ .
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Bb _ _ .
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Eb _ _ _ _ _ _ .
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Gm _ _ _
Bb _ _ _ .
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Eb _ _ _ _ _ _ .
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Gm Once I was seven
Bb years old, my mama
Eb told me, go make yourself some friends or
Bb you'll be lonely.
Gm Once I was
Bb seven years old, _ _
Eb _ _ _ _ _ _ .
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Gm it was a
F big, big
Bb world, but we thought we were
Eb bigger.
Pushing each other to the limits, we
F were learning
Gm quicker.
By
F eleven,
Bb smoking herb and drinking burning
Eb liquor.
Never rich, so we were out to
F make that steady
Gm bigger.
Once I was
F eleven
Bb years old, my daddy
Eb told me, go get yourself a wife or
F you'll be lonely.
Gm Once I was
Dm eleven
Bb years old, _ _
Eb _ _ _ _ _ _ .
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Gm I always had
Bb that dream like my daddy before
Eb me.
So I started writing songs, I
F started writing
Gm stories.
Something
F about that
Bb glory just always seemed to
Eb bore me.
Cause only those I really love will
F ever really
Gm know me.
Once I was
Dm twenty
Bb years old, my story
Eb got told.
Before the morning sun when
Dm life was lonely.
Gm Once I was
Dm twenty
Bb years old, _ _
Eb I _ _ _ _ .
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Gm _ only
F see
Bb my goals.
I don't believe in
Eb failure, cause I know the smallest voices,
F they can make it
Gm major.
I got my
F boys
Bb with me, at least those in
Eb favor.
And if we don't meet before I leave, I
F hope I'll see you
Gm later.
Once I was
Dm twenty
Bb years old, my story
Eb got told.
I was writing about everything I
F saw before
Gm me.
Once I was
Dm twenty
Bb years old.
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Eb _ _ _ _ _ _ .
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Gm Soon we'll be
Dm thirty
Bb years old, our songs have
Eb been sold.
We've traveled around the world and
F we're still
Gm roaming.
Soon we'll be
Dm thirty
Bb years old.
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Eb _ _ _ _ _ _ .
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Gm I'm still learning
Bb about life, my woman brought children
Eb for me.
So I can sing them all my songs and
F I can tell them
Gm stories.
Most of my boys are
Bb with me, some are still out seeking
Eb glory.
And some I had to leave behind my
Bb brother.
I'm still
Eb savvy, soon I'll be
F sixty
Gm years old.
My daddy got
F sixty one, remember life and
Bb then your life becomes a better
Eb one.
I made a man so
F happy when I
Gm wrote a letter once.
I hope my children
D come and visit once or twice
Eb a month.
Soon I'll be
F sixty
Gm years old.
Will I think the
F world is cold.
Or will I have
Bb a lot of children who can warm
Eb me.
Soon I'll be
F sixty
Gm years old.
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Eb _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Gm _ _ _ I'll
Bb be sixty years old.
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Eb _ _ _ I'll have a lot of children
Bb who can
Gm warm me.
Soon I'll
Dm be sixty
Bb years old.
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Eb _ _ _ _ _ _ .
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Gm Once I was
Bb seven years old.
Mama
Eb told me go make yourself some friends
Bb or you'll be
Gm lonely.
Once I
Dm was seven
Bb years old.
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Eb _ _ _ _ _ _ .
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Gm _ Once I was
F seven
Bb years old.
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