Chords with lyrics
Intro:
C majorC
Childhood often seemed a pain to me
A minorAm G+G C majorC
So hard waiting to be grown
C majorC
Childhood climbed up in a white oak tree
A minorAm G+G C majorC
I blinked once and it was gone
C majorC
Airplane flyin' across a midnight sky
A minorAm G+G C majorC
His tiny lights blinked off and on
C majorC A minorAm
I watched him move across the moon on high
G+G A minorAm C majorC
Well I blinked once and it was gone
Chorus:
G+G A minorAm
Gone, gone, yeah
G+G C majorC
I blinked once and it was gone
C majorC
A augmentedA girl I'd met was all I cared for, friends
A minorAm G+G C majorC
I called her my very own
C majorC
We went down to hear the band begin
A minorAm G+G C majorC
I blinked once and she was gone
Bridge:
C-Am-G-C x2 G-Am-F-G-C
G+G A minorAm
Gone, gone, yeah
G+G C majorC
I blinked once and it was gone
C majorC
I won big money on the gamblin' wheel
A minorAm G+G C majorC
And I thought I was sittin' on a throne
C majorC
Big John told me 'bout his condo deal
A minorAm G+G C majorC
I blinked once and it was gone
C majorC
The nineteen seventies was ten long years
A minorAm G+G C majorC
Was ten long years to sing a song
C majorC
It kicked off madly with a New Year's cheer
A minorAm G+G C majorC
I blinked once and it was gone
G+G A minorAm C majorC
That's right, it was gone, gone, yeah
A minorAm G+G C majorC
I blinked once and it was gone
C majorC
Now old man's talkin' 'bout a gun he'd shot
A minorAm G+G C majorC
An' he weren't much more than skin and bone
C majorC
Lyin' there breathin' on this worn out cot
A minorAm G+G C majorC
I blinked once and he was gone
A minorAm G+G C majorC
And he was gone, gone
A minorAm G+G C majorC
I blinked once and he was gone, gone
A minorAm G+G C majorC
I blinked once and he was gone, gone, gone
A minorAm G+G C majorC