Biography:
Steve Forbert (born Samuel Stephen Forbert, December 13, 1954 in Meridian, Mississippi) is an American singer-songwriter. He is best known for his song "Romeo's Tune", which reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1980. Forbert's tribute to Jimmie Rodgers, Any Old Time, was nominated for a 2004 Grammy in the best traditional folk category. In 2006, he was inducted into the Mississippi Music Hall of Fame.
Forbert signed a recording contract with Nemperor in 1978, and they released his debut album, Alive on Arrival, that same year.
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[Intro]
C
Childhood often seemed a pain to me
Am G C
So hard waiting to be grown
C
Childhood climbed up in a white oak tree
Am G C
I blinked once and it was gone
C
Airplane flyin' across a midnight sky
Am G C
His tiny lights blinked off and on
C Am
I watched him move across the moon on high
G Am C
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
I called her my very own
C
We went down to hear the band begin
Am G C
I blinked once and she was gone
[Bridge]
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G Am
Gone, gone, yeah
G C
I blinked once and it was gone
C
I won big money on the gamblin' wheel
Am G C
And I thought I was sittin' on a throne
C
Big John told me 'bout his condo deal
Am G C
I blinked once and it was gone
C
The nineteen seventies was ten long years
Am G C
Was ten long years to sing a song
C
It kicked off madly with a New Year's cheer
Am G C
I blinked once and it was gone
G Am C
That's right, it was gone, gone, yeah
Am G C
I blinked once and it was gone
C
Now old man's talkin' 'bout a gun he'd shot
Am G C
An' he weren't much more than skin and bone
C
Lyin' there breathin' on this worn out cot
Am G C
I blinked once and he was gone
Am G C
And he was gone, gone
Am G C
I blinked once and he was gone, gone
Am G C
I blinked once and he was gone, gone, gone
Am G C
I blinked once and he was gone
C
Childhood often seemed a pain to me
Am G C
So hard waiting to be grown
C
Childhood climbed up in a white oak tree
Am G C
I blinked once and it was gone
C
Airplane flyin' across a midnight sky
Am G C
His tiny lights blinked off and on
C Am
I watched him move across the moon on high
G Am C
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
I called her my very own
C
We went down to hear the band begin
Am G C
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
I blinked once and it was gone
C
I won big money on the gamblin' wheel
Am G C
And I thought I was sittin' on a throne
C
Big John told me 'bout his condo deal
Am G C
I blinked once and it was gone
C
The nineteen seventies was ten long years
Am G C
Was ten long years to sing a song
C
It kicked off madly with a New Year's cheer
Am G C
I blinked once and it was gone
G Am C
That's right, it was gone, gone, yeah
Am G C
I blinked once and it was gone
C
Now old man's talkin' 'bout a gun he'd shot
Am G C
An' he weren't much more than skin and bone
C
Lyin' there breathin' on this worn out cot
Am G C
I blinked once and he was gone
Am G C
And he was gone, gone
Am G C
I blinked once and he was gone, gone
Am G C
I blinked once and he was gone, gone, gone
Am G C
I blinked once and he was gone
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