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I Blinked Once

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[Intro]
CChildhood often seemed a pain to me
AmSo hGard waiting to be C/Fgrown
CChildhood climbed up in a white oak tree
AmI blGinked once and it was C/Fgone
CAirplane flyin' across a midnight sky
AmHis tinGy lights blinked ofC/Ff and on
CI watched him move across the moon on Amhigh
GWell I Amblinked once and it was gC/Fone
[Chorus]
GGone, gone, yeahAm  
GI blCinked once and it was gone
CA girl I'd met was all I cared for, friends
AmI calleGd her my very ownC/F  
CWe went down to hear the band begin
AmI blinkGed once and she was C/Fgone
[Bridge]
C-Am-G- Cx2 G-Am-F-G-C  
GGone, gone, Amyeah
GI blC/Finked once and it was gone
CI won big money on the gamblin' wheel
AmAnd I tGhought I was sittinC/F' on a throne
CBig John told me 'bout his condo deal
AmI blinkGed once and it was C/Fgone
CThe nineteen seventies was ten long years
AmWas ten Glong years to sing C/Fa song
CIt kicked off madly with a New Year's cheer
AmI blinkGed once and it was C/Fgone
GThat's right, it Amwas gone, gone, C/Fyeah
AmI blinkGed once and it was C/Fgone
CNow old man's talkin' 'bout a gun he'd shot
AmAn' he Gweren't much more than skin aC/Fnd bone
CLyin' there breathin' on this worn out cot
AmI blinkGed once and he was C/Fgone
AmAnd he Gwas gone, goneC/F  
AmI blinkGed once and he was C/Fgone, gone
AmI blinkGed once and he was C/Fgone, gone, gone
AmI blinkGed once and he was C/Fgone

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I Blinked Once

by Steve Forbert

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C/F

[Intro]

Childhood often seemed a pain to me

Am G C/F

So hard waiting to be grown

Childhood climbed up in a white oak tree

Am G C/F

I blinked once and it was gone

Airplane flyin' across a midnight sky

Am G C/F

His tiny lights blinked off and on

C Am

I watched him move across the moon on high

G Am C/F

Well I blinked once and it was gone

[Chorus]

G Am

Gone, gone, yeah

G C

I blinked once and it was gone

A girl I'd met was all I cared for, friends

Am G C/F

I called her my very own

We went down to hear the band begin

Am G C/F

I blinked once and she was gone

[Bridge]

C Am G C G Am F G C

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G Am

Gone, gone, yeah

G C/F

I blinked once and it was gone

I won big money on the gamblin' wheel

Am G C/F

And I thought I was sittin' on a throne

Big John told me 'bout his condo deal

Am G C/F

I blinked once and it was gone

The nineteen seventies was ten long years

Am G C/F

Was ten long years to sing a song

It kicked off madly with a New Year's cheer

Am G C/F

I blinked once and it was gone

G Am C/F

That's right, it was gone, gone, yeah

Am G C/F

I blinked once and it was gone

Now old man's talkin' 'bout a gun he'd shot

Am G C/F

An' he weren't much more than skin and bone

Lyin' there breathin' on this worn out cot

Am G C/F

I blinked once and he was gone

Am G C/F

And he was gone, gone

Am G C/F

I blinked once and he was gone, gone

Am G C/F

I blinked once and he was gone, gone, gone

Am G C/F

I blinked once and he was gone

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