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7 Years chords and lyrics
Special Chords
D/F# 2-0-0-2-3-2
Alternatives to D/F# chord:
Bm/F# 2-2-4-4-3-2,
or
B/F# 2-2-4-4-4-2,
(The alternative chords work with the song, but the D/F# chord is highly preferred.)
[Intro]
Em G C D
Em G C
[Chorus 1]
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
once I was Seven years old
[Verse 1]
Em D G
It was a big big world,
C
but we thought we were bigger.
Pushing each other to the limits,
D Em
we were learning quicker.
D G
By eleven smoking herb
C
and drinking burning liquor
D
Never rich so we were out to make that steady figure
[Chorus 2]
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
Once I was eleven years old
[Verse 2]
Em D G
I always have that dream
C
like my Daddy before me
So I started writing songs
D Em
I started writing stories
D G
Something about that glory,
C
just always seemed to bore me,
Cause only those I really love
D
will ever really know me
[Chorus 3]
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 Em
Once I was twenty years old
[Verse 3]
D G
I only see my goals,
C
I don't believe in failure.
Cause I know the smallest voices,
D Em
they can make it major,
D G C
I got my boys with me at least those in favor
and if we don´t see before I leave,
D
I hope to see you later.
[Chorus 4]
Em D G
Once I was twenty years old
C
my story got told
I was writing about everything,
D
I saw before me
Em D G C
Once I was twenty years old
[Chorus 5]
Em D G
Soon we´ll be 30 years old
C
our songs have been sold
we've traveled around the world
D
and we´re still roaming
Em D G C
Soon we´ll be 30 years old
[Verse 5]
Em G
I´m still learning about life
C
my woman brought children for me
so I can sing them all my songs
D C
and I can tell them stories
Most of my boys are with me
Cmaj7 C
some are still out seeking glory
And some I had to leave behind
D/F#
my brother I´m still sorry
[Chorus 6]
C D Em
Soon I´ll be sixty years old
D
my daddy got sixty-one
D/F#
remember life and then your life
C
becomes a better one
I made a man so happy
D Em
when I wrote a letter once
Bm
I hope my children come and visit
once or twice a month
[Chorus 7]
C D G
Soon I´ll be sixty years old
D
will I think the world is cold
D/F#
or will I have a lot of children
who can warm me
C D G C
Soon I´ll be sixty years old
[Chorus 7]
Em D G
Soon I´ll be sixty years old
C
will I think the world is cold
or will I have a lot of children
D
who can warm me
Em D G C
Soon I´ll be sixty years old
[Chorus 8]
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 D G C
once I was seven years old
[Outro]
Em D G
once I was seven years old 
