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E ||---3--2--0-----------------------3--2--0--------------------|-
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D ||---------------2-----------0-----------------2--------------|-
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A ||---------------2-----------2-----------------3--------------|-
E ||---------------0-----------3--------------------------------|-
Em G C fromthe2015album
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(D) Em G C

Em G C
I Once
FENM I was seven years old my mama told me
D
Go make yourself some friends or you'll be lonely
Em G C
Once I was seven years old...
Em D/F# G
Dothan ...It was a big, big--- world... but we thought we were bigger
C D
...Pushing each other to the limits, we were learning quicker
Em D/F# G
...By eleven smoking herb and drinking burning liquor
C D
...Never rich so we were out to make that steady figure
Em D/F# G C
Once I was eleven years old my daddy told me
D
Go get yourself a wife or you'll be lonely
Em D/F# G C
Once I was eleven years old...
I always had that dream like my daddy before me
So I started writing songs, I started writing stories
Something about that glory just always seemed to bore me
'Cause only those I really love will ever really know me
Once I was twenty years old, my story got told
Before the morning sun, when life was lonely
Once I was twenty years old...
I only see my goals, I don't believe in failure
'Cause I know the smallest voices, they can make it major
I got my boys with me at least those in favor
And if we don't meet before I leave, I hope I'll see you later

Once I was twenty years old, my story got told Soon we'll be thirty years old, our songs have been sold
I was writing about everything, I saw before me We've traveled around the world and we're still roaming
Once I was twenty years old... Soon we'll be thirty years old...
Em G

Oeta ...I'm still learning about life, my woman brought children for me
C D
...So I can sing them all my songs, and I can tell them stories
Em G
...Most of my boys are with me... Some are still out seeking glory...
C Bm
...And some I had to leave behind, my brother I'm still sorry...
C D/F# Em D
Soon I'll be sixty years old, my daddy got sixty-one
G
Remember life and then your life becomes a bigger one
C D/F# Em
...I made a man so happy when I wrote a letter once
B7sus4 B7
...I hope my children come and visit once or twice a month
C D/F# Em D
Soon I'll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold
G
Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me
C D/F# Em C D
Soon I'll be sixty years old...

Soon I'll be sixty years old, will I think the world is cold
Or will I have a lot of children who can warm me
Soon I'll be sixty years old... [ back to normal chorus chords ] => [ repeat first chorus, end ]
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Chord progression cheat sheet

The basic progression used for most of the song (verse & chorus sections) is as follows:

Em . . D/F# G . . . C . . . . . D .
There are a few exceptions:
• During the most minimal / soft intros, the D/F# is omitted (i.e., switch from the Em directly to a G). The
first chorus is an example of this.
• At the end of some of the choruses, the final “D” isn’t played (stay on C). The first chord is an example of
this.
• The bridge section during the “60 years old” portion uses different progression. See the notes below about
this.

Basic chords used

E ||---0----3----0----2----
B ||---0----0----1----3----
G ||---0----0----0----2----
D ||---2----0----2----0----
A ||---2----2----3---------
E ||---0----3--------------
Em G C D

Playing chords at the start of the the walk-down

If you want to start the walk-down riff by strumming a chord (instead of a single note), use these tabs. This
applies to the D-chord and G-chord.

E ||---3--2--0---------
B ||---2--------3--0---
G ||---3-----------0---
D ||---0-----------2---
A ||---------------2---
E ||---------------0---
D Em
E ||---3--2--0---------
B ||---3--------3--0---
G ||---0-----------0---
D ||---0-----------2---
A ||---------------3---
E ||-------------------
G C

Em-to-G Walk-up

A rather recognizable part of the chord progression involves this walk-up transition from Em to G, by means of
adding a D-major chord with a F# bass note. Here are a few ways to play that.
At its simplest, we're talking about this F# on the 2nd fret of the 6th string. You can play this note by
itself between the two chords and capture the spirit of this walk-up.
E ||---0--------------3-----
B ||---0--------------0-----
G ||---0--------------0-----
D ||---2--------------0-----
A ||---2--------------2-----
E ||---0---------2----3-----
Em G

Strictly speaking, the full chords in question look like this -- but when all strings are played, I find the
bass transition is drown out by the higher treble notes.
E ||---0---------2----3-----
B ||---0---------3----0-----
G ||---0---------2----0-----
D ||---2---------0----0-----
A ||---2---------0----2-----
E ||---0---------2----3-----
Em D/F# G
One way I like to play it is as follows -- I'm playing only the 4-5 bottom strings, so that the transition is a
bit more full sounding. If this is new to you, it's important to recognize that the D/F# segment you're playing
is part of that "full" D/F# chord listed above.
E ||------------------------
B ||------------------0-----
G ||---0---------2----0-----
D ||---2---------0----0-----
A ||---2---------0----2-----
E ||---0---------2----3-----
Em D/F# G