C
Childhood often seemed a pain to me
Am  G                 C/F
So hard waiting to be grown
C
Childhood climbed up in a white oak tree
Am  G                     C/F
I blinked once and it was gone
C
Airplane flyin' across a midnight sky
Am     G                  C/F
His tiny lights blinked off and on
C                                     Am
I watched him move across the moon on high
G      Am                       C/F
Well I blinked once and it was gone

[Chorus]
G                Am
Gone, gone, yeah
G   C
I blinked once and it was gone
C
A girl I'd met was all I cared for, friends
Am     G                C/F
I called her my very own
C
We went down to hear the band begin
Am     G                  C/F
I blinked once and she was gone

[Bridge]
C-Am-G-C x2 G-Am-F-G-C

G           Am
Gone, gone, yeah
G   C/F
I blinked once and it was gone
C
I won big money on the gamblin' wheel
Am     G                  C/F
And I thought I was sittin' on a throne
C
Big John told me 'bout his condo deal
Am     G                  C/F
I blinked once and it was gone
C
The nineteen seventies was ten long years
Am     G                  C/F
Was ten long years to sing a song
C
It kicked off madly with a New Year's cheer
Am     G                  C/F
I blinked once and it was gone
G               Am              C/F
That's right, it was gone, gone, yeah
Am     G                  C/F
I blinked once and it was gone
C
Now old man's talkin' 'bout a gun he'd shot
Am     G                            C/F
An' he weren't much more than skin and bone
C
Lyin' there breathin' on this worn out cot
Am     G                  C/F
I blinked once and he was gone
Am     G                  C/F
And he was gone, gone
Am     G                  C/F
I blinked once and he was gone, gone
Am     G                  C/F
I blinked once and he was gone, gone, gone
Am     G                  C/F
I blinked once and he was gone