I Blinked Once Chords & Lyrics - Steve Forbert

[INTRO]
[C]Childhood often seemed a pain to me
[Am]So h[G]ard waiting to be [C]grown
[C]Childhood climbed up in a white oak tree
[Am]I bl[G]inked once and it was [C]gone
[C]Airplane flyin' across a midnight sky
[Am]His tin[G]y lights blinked of[C]f and on
[C]I watched him move across the moon on [Am]high
[G]Well I [Am]blinked once and it was g[C]one

[CHORUS]
[G]Gone, gone, yeah [Am]
[G]I bl[C]inked once and it was gone
[C]A girl I'd met was all I cared for, friends
[Am]I calle[G]d her my very own[C]
[C]We went down to hear the band begin
[Am]I blink[G]ed once and she was[C] gone

[BRIDGE]
[C]-[Am]-G-C x2 G-Am-F-G-[C]

[G]Gone, gone, [Am]yeah
[G]I bl[C]inked once and it was gone
[C]I won big money on the gamblin' wheel
[Am]And I t[G]hought I was sittin[C]' on a throne
[C]Big John told me 'bout his condo deal
[Am]I blink[G]ed once and it was [C]gone
[C]The nineteen seventies was ten long years
[Am]Was ten[G] long years to sing[C] a song
[C]It kicked off madly with a New Year's cheer
[Am]I blink[G]ed once and it was [C]gone
[G]That's right, it[Am] was gone, gone,[C] yeah
[Am]I blink[G]ed once and it was [C]gone
[C]Now old man's talkin' 'bout a gun he'd shot
[Am]An' he [G]weren't much more than skin a[C]nd bone
[C]Lyin' there breathin' on this worn out cot
[Am]I blink[G]ed once and he was [C]gone
[Am]And he [G]was gone, gone [C]
[Am]I blink[G]ed once and he was [C]gone, gone
[Am]I blink[G]ed once and he was [C]gone, gone, gone
[Am]I blink[G]ed once and he was [C]gone