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🎸 Intro: G Am Em D ( x2 ) 🎸 Verse 1: G C G I was a dreamer when I was young D Em C Lyin' on the grass, starin' Cat the sky G C G I never felt the time was moving on D Em I thought it would stay the same C For all my life D Em C D Playin' games under Christmas lights Em C D When the world was warm and bright Em C D But that time just seemed to fly G Am Em D In the blinking of an eye
🎸 Verse 2: G C G I was a joker when I was at school D Em C Smokin' grass, laughing and gettin' high G C G I never cared about nothin' at all D Em I thought it would stay the same C For all my life D Em C D Kissing girls under summer nights Em D C When the world was big and bright Em D C But that time just passed me by G In the blinking of an eye 🎸 Verse 3: Am Em I left home at seventeen G D Tried to get into the music scene Am Em It wore me down like an old machine G D G Am Em I learnt how to work and forgot how to dream, oh D G Am Em D Yeah 🎸 Verse 4: G C G I fell in love at twenty-one D Em C Down in the grass, getting lost in her wide eyes G C G Wouldn't have traded it for anyone D Em I thought it would stay the same C D For all my life Em C D But I was just too young to know Em C D I let her down and let her go Em C D That time taught me how to cry G Am Em D In the blinking of an eye G Am Em D In the blinking of an eye 🎸 Verse 5: G C G I hit the road at twenty-three D Em C Stood in the grass, singing songs for passers-by G C G Foot-loose and fancy-free D Em I thought it would stay the same D For all my life. Em C D Oh and practice taught me how to preach Em C D I touched the world, so out of reach Em C D And that time, it lived and died G In the blinking of an eye 🎸 Verse 6: Am Em It all changed at twenty-nine G D My boat came in and the stars aligned Am Em I watched a simple song of mine G D G Am Em Travel the world in the blink of an eye, yeah D G Am Em D Yeah G Am Em D G Am Em D 🎸 Outro: G C G Now I'm here at thirty-six D Em C Down in the grass, tryna make sense of it all G C G Maybe there's no easy fix D Em C D The highest highs come with the hardest falls Em C D See the good times come and go Em C D Like the people that you know Em C D And all you can do is try G For it's gone in the blink of an eye
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Chords: G, Am, Em, D, C