Steve Forbert - I blinked once

^CChildhood often seemed a pain to me ^AmSo h^Gard waiting to be ^Cgrown ^CChildhood climbed up in a white oak tree ^AmI bl^Ginked once and it was ^Cgone ^CAirplane flyin' across a midnight sky ^AmHis tin^Gy lights blinked of^Cf and on ^CI watched him move across the moon on ^Amhigh ^GWell I ^Amblinked once and it was g^Cone

^GGone, gone, yeah ^{Am G}I bl^Cinked once and it was gone ^CA girl I'd met was all I cared for, friends ^AmI calle^Gd her my very own^{C C}We went down to hear the band begin ^AmI blink^Ged once and she was^C gone

^GGone, gone, ^Amyeah ^GI bl^Cinked once and it was gone ^CI won big money on the gamblin' wheel ^AmAnd I t^Ghought I was sittin^C' on a throne ^CBig John told me 'bout his condo deal ^AmI blink^Ged once and it was ^Cgone ^CThe nineteen seventies was ten long years ^AmWas ten^G long years to sing^C a song ^CIt kicked off madly with a New Year's cheer ^AmI blink^Ged once and it was ^Cgone ^GThat's right, it^Am was gone, gone,^C yeah ^AmI blink^Ged once and it was ^Cgone ^CNow old man's talkin' 'bout a gun he'd shot ^AmAn' he ^Gweren't much more than skin a^Cnd bone ^CLyin' there breathin' on this worn out cot ^AmI blink^Ged once and he was ^Cgone ^AmAnd he ^Gwas gone, gone ^{C Am}I blink^Ged once and he was ^Cgone, gone ^AmI blink^Ged once and he was ^Cgone, gone, gone ^AmI blink^Ged once and he was ^Cgone