Steve Forbert - I blinked once

^DChildhood often seemed a ^Gpain to me^D S^Bmo hard wa^Aiting to be ^Dgrown ^DChildhood climb^Ged up in a white ^Doak tree ^BmI blinked^A once and it^D was gone

^DAirplane flyin' across a ^Gmidnight s^Dky ^BmHis tiny ^Alights blink^Ded off and on ^DI watched him move across^G the moon ^Don high ^BmWell I bl^Ainked once a^Dnd it was gone

^AGone, ^Bmgone, yeah ^GI blinked ^Aonce and it was gone^{D D}A girl I'd met was all I ^Gcared for,^D friends ^BmI called ^Aher my very ^Down ^DWe went down to hear the ^Gband begin^{D Bm}I blinked^A once and sh^De was gone ^AGone, ^Bmgone, yeah ^GI blinked ^Aonce and it was ^Dgone ^DI won big money on the ga^Gmblin' whe^Del ^BmAnd I tho^Aught I was s^Dittin' on a throne ^DBig John told me 'bout hi^Gs condo de^Dal ^BmI blinked^A once and it^D was gone ^AThat's right, it ^Bmwas gone, ^Ggone, yeah ^{A D} I blinked once and it was gone ^DOnce the woodlands here w^Gas all you'd s^Dee ^BmAll these ^Alots were overgr^Down ^DIt was a place so^G wild, I thought it wo^Bmuld alwasy be ^GBut, I bli^Anked once and it^D was gone ^AI blinked once and it was ^Dgone ^DThe nineteen seve^Gnties was ^Dten long years ^BmWas ten l^Aong years to^D sing a song ^DIt kicked off madly with ^Ga New Year^D's cheer ^GI blinked ^Aonce and it was ^Dgone ^AGone, ^Bmgone, yeah ^GI blinked ^Aonce and it was ^Dgone ^DNow old man's talkin' 'bo^Gut a gun h^De'd shot ^BmAn' he we^Aren't much more^D than skin and bone ^DLyin' there breathin' on ^Gthis worn ^Dout cot ^BmI blinked^A once and he^D was gone

^AAnd he was gon^Bme, gone ^GI blinked once and he w^Aas gone, g^Bmone ^GI blinked once and he w^Aas gone, g^Bmone, gone yeh yeah ^GI blinked once a^Dnd he was gone