7 Years
Lukas Graham
Intro Melody
Am C F
A|-3-2-0---|-------------3-2-0---|------------------|
E|---------|-0---0---0-----------|-0---0---0---0----| x2
C|---------|---------------------|------------------|
G|-------0-|---0---0---0-------0-|---0---0---0------|
N.B. Can continue playing melody under first verse.
| [Am] Once I was seven years | [C] old, my mama told |
| [F] me, "Go make yourself some | [F] friends or you'll be [G] lonely." |
| [Am] Once I was seven years | [C] old | [F] | [F]
It | [Am] was a big, big | [C] world, but we thought we were bigger |
| [F] Pushing each other to the | [F] limits, we were [G] learning quicker |
| [Am] By eleven smoking | [C] herb and drinking burning liquor |
| [F] Never rich so we were | [F] out to make that [G] steady figure |
| [Am] Once I was eleven years | [C] old, my daddy told |
| [F] me, "Go get yourself a | [F] wife or you'll be [G] lonely." |
| [Am] Once I was eleven years | [C] old | [F] | [F]
I | [Am] always had that | [C] dream, like my daddy before |
| [F] me. So I started writing | [F] songs, I started [G] writing stories |
| [Am] Something about that glory | [C] just always seemed to bore me
| [F] 'Cause only those I really | [F] love will ever [G] really know me |
| [Am] Once I was twenty years | [C] old, my story got |
| [F] told, before the morning | [F] sun, when life was [G] lonely |
| [Am] Once I was twenty years | [C] old | [F] | [F]
I | [Am] only see my | [C] goals, I don't believe in failure |
| [F] 'Cause I know the smallest | [F] voices, they can [G] make it major
I | [Am] got my boys with me, | [C] at least those in favor
And | [F] if we don't meet before I | [F] leave, I hope I'll [G] see you later |
| [Am] Once I was twenty years | [C] old, my story got |
| [F] told, I was writing about | [F] everything I saw [G] before me |
| [Am] Once I was twenty years | [C] old | [F] | [F] |
| [Am] Soon we'll be thirty years | [C] old, our songs have been |
| [F] sold. We've traveled around the | [F] world and we're still [G] roaming |
| [Am] Soon we'll be thirty years | [C] old | [F] | [F]
| [Am↓] I'm still learning about | [C↓] life, my woman brought children for me. |
| [F↓] So I can sing them all my | [F↓] songs and I can [G↓] tell them stories |
| [Am↓] Most of my boys are with me | [C↓] some are still out seeking glory |
| [F↓] And some I had to leave be- | [F↓] hind my brother, [Em↓] I'm still sorry |
Bridge
| [F] Soon I'll be sixty years | [C] old, my daddy got sixty- |
| [G] one. Remember life, and then your | [Em] life becomes a better one |
| [F] I made a man so happy | [G] when I wrote a [Am] letter once |
| [Em] I hope my children come and | [E7] visit once or twice a month |
| [F] Soon I'll be sixty years | [Am] old, will I think the world is |
| [Em] cold or will I have a lot of | [G] children who can warm me? |
| [F] Soon I'll be sixty years | [Am] old | [F] | [F]
| [F] Soon I'll be sixty years | [C] old, will I think the world is |
| [F] cold or will I have a lot of | [F] children who can [G] warm me? |
| [Am] Soon I'll be sixty years | [C] old | [F] | [F]
(c:Play Riff Under Last Chorus)
| [Am↓] Once I was seven years | [C↓] old, my mama told |
| [F↓] me, "Go make yourself some | friends or you'll be [G↓] lonely." |
| [Am↓] Once I was seven years | [C↓] old | [F↓] ... | ... |
| [Am↓] Once I was seven [G↓] years | [C↓] old
#Original key Bb. This chart in key of C.
#Last Updated 10/04/20 JJ
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Lukas Graham
Intro Melody
Am C F
A|-3-2-0---|-------------3-2-0---|------------------|
E|---------|-0---0---0-----------|-0---0---0---0----| x2
C|---------|---------------------|------------------|
G|-------0-|---0---0---0-------0-|---0---0---0------|
N.B. Can continue playing melody under first verse.
| [Am] Once I was seven years | [C] old, my mama told |
| [F] me, "Go make yourself some | [F] friends or you'll be [G] lonely." |
| [Am] Once I was seven years | [C] old | [F] | [F]
It | [Am] was a big, big | [C] world, but we thought we were bigger |
| [F] Pushing each other to the | [F] limits, we were [G] learning quicker |
| [Am] By eleven smoking | [C] herb and drinking burning liquor |
| [F] Never rich so we were | [F] out to make that [G] steady figure |
| [Am] Once I was eleven years | [C] old, my daddy told |
| [F] me, "Go get yourself a | [F] wife or you'll be [G] lonely." |
| [Am] Once I was eleven years | [C] old | [F] | [F]
I | [Am] always had that | [C] dream, like my daddy before |
| [F] me. So I started writing | [F] songs, I started [G] writing stories |
| [Am] Something about that glory | [C] just always seemed to bore me
| [F] 'Cause only those I really | [F] love will ever [G] really know me |
| [Am] Once I was twenty years | [C] old, my story got |
| [F] told, before the morning | [F] sun, when life was [G] lonely |
| [Am] Once I was twenty years | [C] old | [F] | [F]
I | [Am] only see my | [C] goals, I don't believe in failure |
| [F] 'Cause I know the smallest | [F] voices, they can [G] make it major
I | [Am] got my boys with me, | [C] at least those in favor
And | [F] if we don't meet before I | [F] leave, I hope I'll [G] see you later |
| [Am] Once I was twenty years | [C] old, my story got |
| [F] told, I was writing about | [F] everything I saw [G] before me |
| [Am] Once I was twenty years | [C] old | [F] | [F] |
| [Am] Soon we'll be thirty years | [C] old, our songs have been |
| [F] sold. We've traveled around the | [F] world and we're still [G] roaming |
| [Am] Soon we'll be thirty years | [C] old | [F] | [F]
| [Am↓] I'm still learning about | [C↓] life, my woman brought children for me. |
| [F↓] So I can sing them all my | [F↓] songs and I can [G↓] tell them stories |
| [Am↓] Most of my boys are with me | [C↓] some are still out seeking glory |
| [F↓] And some I had to leave be- | [F↓] hind my brother, [Em↓] I'm still sorry |
Bridge
| [F] Soon I'll be sixty years | [C] old, my daddy got sixty- |
| [G] one. Remember life, and then your | [Em] life becomes a better one |
| [F] I made a man so happy | [G] when I wrote a [Am] letter once |
| [Em] I hope my children come and | [E7] visit once or twice a month |
| [F] Soon I'll be sixty years | [Am] old, will I think the world is |
| [Em] cold or will I have a lot of | [G] children who can warm me? |
| [F] Soon I'll be sixty years | [Am] old | [F] | [F]
| [F] Soon I'll be sixty years | [C] old, will I think the world is |
| [F] cold or will I have a lot of | [F] children who can [G] warm me? |
| [Am] Soon I'll be sixty years | [C] old | [F] | [F]
(c:Play Riff Under Last Chorus)
| [Am↓] Once I was seven years | [C↓] old, my mama told |
| [F↓] me, "Go make yourself some | friends or you'll be [G↓] lonely." |
| [Am↓] Once I was seven years | [C↓] old | [F↓] ... | ... |
| [Am↓] Once I was seven [G↓] years | [C↓] old
#Original key Bb. This chart in key of C.
#Last Updated 10/04/20 JJ
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