Chords for Kenny Chesney - Don't Blink (Official Video)

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] _ _ _ _ .