Chords for I Blinked Once - Steve Forbert

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Childhood often seemed a pain to me, _ [D] _ so hard [C] waiting to be grown.
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_ Childhood climbed up in a [Bb] white oak [F] tree, _ [D] I [C] blinked once and it was gone.
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_ _ Airplane flying across a [Bb]
midnight [F] sky, _ _ [Dm] his tiny [C] lights blinked off and [F] on. _ _
_ _ I watched him move and cross the _ [Bb] [F] moon on high, well, [D]
I [C] blinked once and it [F] was gone. _ _
And it was [C] _ gone, _ _
_ [Dm] gone, _ _ [F] yeah, [Bb] _
I [C] blinked once and it was [F] gone.
The girl I'd met was all I [Bb] cared [F] for, friends, _ [Dm] I [C] called her my very [F] own.
_ _ _ _ We went down to hear [Bb] the band [F]
begin, _ _ [Dm] I [C] blinked once and she [F] was gone.
_ _ And she [C] was gone, _ _ she was [Dm] gone, _ _ [Bb] yeah, I [C] blinked once and she was [F] gone. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ I won big money [Bb] on a [F] gambling wheel, _ [D] and I thought I [C] was sitting on a throne.
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_ _ _ Big John told me about his _ condo deal, _ _
[Dm] I blinked once [Cm] and it was gone.
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_ _ _ _ The _ _ 1970s [Bb] was [F] ten long years, [Dm] it was ten [C] long years to sing [F] this song.
_ _ _ He kicked off madly with [Bb] a New [F] Year's cheer, _ [Dm] well, I blinked [C] once and it was [F] gone.
Yes, and it was [C] gone, _ and it was [Dm] _ gone, _ [F] yeah, [Bb] _ I [C] blinked once and it was [F] _ gone. _ _ _ _
Now, old man's talking about [Bb] a gun he'd [F] shot, _ and it weren't [C] much more than [F] skin and bone. _ _ _ _
_ Lying there breathing on this [Bb] worn out [F] cot, _ [Dm] well, I [C] blinked once and he was [F] gone.
_ _ And he was [C] gone, _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
gone, _ yeah, [Bb] _ I [C] blinked once and he was gone. _
He was [Dm] gone, _ yeah, _
[Bb] _ I [C] blinked once and he was gone.
_ Yes, he [Dm] was gone, _
_ _ [Bb] I [C] blinked once and he was [F] gone. _ _ _ _ _ _
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