Key: E major
Intro 1
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B
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Verse 1
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I turned on the evening news
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Saw a old man being interviewed
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Turning a hundred and two today
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Asked him what's the secret to life
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He looked up from his old pipe
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Laughed and said, "All I can say is"
Chorus 1
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Just like that you're six years old
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Wake up and you're twenty-five then your
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high school sweettheart becomes your wife
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Don't blink you just might miss your
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babies growing like mine did
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Turning into moms and dads
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next thing you know your better half
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Of fifty years is there in bed
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And you're praying God takes you instead
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So don't blink"
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Verse 2
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Well, I was glued to my TV when it
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looked like he looked at me and said
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"Best start putting first things first
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'Cause when your hourglass runs out of sand
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You can't flip it over, start again
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Take every breathe God gives you for what
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it's worth
Chorus 2
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Just like that you're six years old
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C#
Wake up and you're twenty-five then your
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high school sweettheart becomes your wife
F#
C#
Don't blink you just might miss your
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C#
babies growing like mine did
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C#
Turning into moms and dads
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next thing you know your better half
G#m
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Of fifty years is there in bed
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And you're praying God takes you instead
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So don't blink"
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Bridge 1
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In this here today, gone tomorrow world we're
Chorus 3
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Just like that you're six years old
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Wake up and you're twenty-five then your
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high school sweettheart becomes your wife
F#
C#
Don't blink, you just might miss your
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C#
babies growing like mine did
F#
C#
Turning into moms and dads
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next thing you know your better half
G#m
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Of fifty years is there in bed
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And you're praying God takes you instead
Outro 1
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So don't blink"
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Naw, don't blink
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Don't blink
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Life goes faster than you think
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So don't blink
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Life goes faster than you think
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Don't blink
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Don't blink, life goes faster than you think
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[Fade out]
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