When I was a kid, about eight, nine years old, I laid down in the grass and if my body.
become the star and moon and all that, that was a good life.
But today, my God, the life goes like a bullet, too fast.
One day to another, look at one hour.
But now since I've been
E older, different subject.
What would you tell this new generation about life.
To give love
B and respect.
E Not all day, every day, but at least especially to your mother and father, especially mother.
_ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
A _ .
B _ _
E I turned on
B the evening
A news, saw an
Bm old man being interviewed.
_ Turning a hundred
A into a day.
E _ _ I asked
Bm him what's the
E secret to
A life.
He looked
E up from his old pile.
B Laughter said all
A I have to say
E is,.
_ Don't blink,
B just like
A that.
You're six years
B old and you take a
E nap and you wake
B up and you're twenty-five
A and your.
high school
B sweetheart becomes your wife.
E Don't
B blink, you just might
A miss your baby's
B growing like mine
E did.
Turning
B into moms and
A dads next thing you
E know, you better
F#m have a fifty
E years there.
in bed
A and you pray and
E God takes you
F#m instead.
Trust me, friend, a hundred
B years goes faster
E than you think.
So don't blink.
B _ _
A _ _ .
Bm _
E _ _ _
B _
E _ _ _ .
B _ _
E Well, I was gluing
B my TV
A with it.
Bm Looked like you looked at
E me and said,
B best start putting
A first things first.
B _
E Cause when your
B hourglass runs out of
A sand, you can't flip
E it over and start again.
Take every
B breath God gives you for
E what it's worth.
B _
E Don't blink,
B just like
A that.
You're six years
B old and you take a
E nap and you wake
B up and you're twenty-five
A and your.
high school
B sweetheart becomes your wife.
E Don't blink,
B you just might
A miss your
B baby's growing like mine
E did.
Turning
B into moms and
A dads next thing you
B know, you better have
F#m a fifty
E years there.
in bed
A and you pray and
E God takes you instead.
F#m Trust me, friend, a hundred
B years goes faster than you think.
So
E don't blink.
_ _ _ _ .
B _ _
E _ _ _ _
A _ _ .
B So
F#m I've been trying to slow it down.
E I've been trying to take it easy.
A And it's here today gone tomorrow,
B world, we'll live it easy.
So
E don't blink,
B just like
A that.
You're six years
B old and you
E take a nap and you wake
B up and you're twenty-five
A and your.
high school
B sweetheart
E becomes your wife.
Don't blink,
B you just might
A miss your baby's
B growing like
E mine did.
Turning into moms and
A dads next thing you
B know, you better have
F#m a fifty
E years there.
in bed
A and you pray and
E God takes you instead.
F#m Trust me, friend, a hundred years
B goes faster than you think.
So
E don't blink.
B _ _
A _ _ .
B So
E I've been trying to slow it down.
So don't blink, no don't blink, _ _
A _
E _ .
B _ _
E don't blink, life
A goes faster
B _ _
E _ _ _ _
A B than you _
E _ _
B _ _
A _ _ .
B _ _
E _ _
B _ _
A _ _ .
B _ _
E think.
you.
_
A _ _
B _ _
E _ _
B _ _ _ _ .