"I blinked once" Gavin McMahon Steve Forbert Cover (Chords/Lyrics)

The original is a great song,I don't think I've done it credit but if you've never heard the original check it out,then even if you think my version sucks then I will have introduced you to a great song and it won't have been for nothing.

Peace

use a capo at the 2nd or 3rd fret and use these chords (D)
I think Steve capo's at three on the Be Here Now CD

(D)Childhood often seemed a (G)pain to (D)me
so hard (A)waiting to be (D) grown
(D) childhood climbed up in a (G) white oak (D)tree
(G)I blinked (A)once and it was (D)gone

Airplane flyin across the midnight sky
His tiny lights blinked off and on
I watched 'im move across the moon on high
I blinked once and it was gone

(A)gone (Bm)gone (G) I blinked (A)once and it was (D)gone

A girl I'd met was all I cared for , friends
I called her my very own
We went down to hear the band begin
I blinked once and she was gone

gone gone I blinked once and it was gone
I won big money on the gamblin wheel
And I thought i's sittin on a throne
big john told me bout his condo deal
I blinked once and It was gone
gone gone I blinked once and it was gone

the nineteen seventies was ten long years
was ten long years to sing a song
It kicked off madly with a new Year's cheer
I blinked once and it was gone
gone gone I blinked once and it was gone

now old man's talkin bout a gun he'd shot
an' he weren't much more than skin an bone
lyin there breathin on this worn out cot
I blinked once and he was gone
gone gone, I blinked once and he was gone

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• Gaviathan

[Dubmaniac]

A damn fine performance of a damn fine song. Not enough people know this one- you're one of the elite few.

[Gaviathan]

@Dubmaniac Thanks for that,glad you liked it.Steve is one of the unsung heroes of music and I really can't understand why. :(

Peace

[gornz]

Great job. Inspired to dust off my Forbert records & give 'em a spin.

[Gaviathan]

@gornz Thanks for that,glad you liked it.A friend of mine introduced me to his music when I was 14,I loved it but haven't met anyone who's heard of him since.Thank god for youtube. :)

Peace

[asvmulch]

I watch cover tune videos begin, and I'm thinking as Im waiting for them to sing "bet this yahoo butchers this one good.". I watched as you started thinking the same thing, but when you started singing, I shut my fucking mouth. And I kept it shut. and I watched the whole thing. . You have a voice that can be on pitch or off,and it still works. Good job. Anybody who knows this song, has depth.

[Gaviathan]

@asvmulch Thanks for that,glad you liked it.

Peace

[Gaviathan]

@BiggestDawgintheWood Thanks for that,glad you liked it.

Peace

[Gaviathan]

Thanks for that,glad you liked it.

Peace

[Gaviathan]

Thanks for that,glad you liked it.I couldn't agree with you more,If you want to hear Steve you have to go looking for him which is such a shame as so many people don't know what they're missing.

Peace

[Dubmaniac]

Wow- EXCELLENT version of one of my all time favorite songs! Thanks for doing this one. Steve Forbert is criminally under-appreciated. And thanks for putting up the words. Your performance is great!