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]
D G D
Childhood often seemed a pain to me
Bm A D
So hard waiting to be grown
D G D
Childhood climbed up in a white oak tree
Bm A D
I blinked once and it was gone
[Verse]
D G D
Airplane flyin' across a midnight sky
Bm A D
His tiny lights blinked off and on
D G D
I watched him move across the moon on high
Bm A D
Well I blinked once and it was gone
[Chorus]
A Bm
Gone, gone, yeah
G A D
I blinked once and it was gone
D G D
A girl I'd met was all I cared for, friends
Bm A D
I called her my very own
D G D
We went down to hear the band begin
Bm A D
I blinked once and she was gone
A Bm
Gone, gone, yeah
G A D
I blinked once and it was gone
D G D
I won big money on the gamblin' wheel
Bm A D
And I thought I was sittin' on a throne
D G D
Big John told me 'bout his condo deal
Bm A D
I blinked once and it was gone
A Bm
That's right, it was gone,
G A D
gone, yeah
I blinked once and it was gone
D G D
Once the woodlands here was all you'd see
Bm A D
All these lots were overgrown
D G Bm
It was a place so wild, I thought it would alwasy be
G A D
But, I blinked once and it was gone
A D
I blinked once and it was gone
D G D
The nineteen seventies was ten long years
Bm A D
Was ten long years to sing a song
D G D
It kicked off madly with a New Year's cheer
G A D
I blinked once and it was gone
A Bm
Gone, gone, yeah
G A D
I blinked once and it was gone
D G D
Now old man's talkin' 'bout a gun he'd shot
Bm A D
An' he weren't much more than skin and bone
D G D
Lyin' there breathin' on this worn out cot
Bm A D
I blinked once and he was gone
[Outro]
A Bm
And he was gone, gone
G A Bm
I blinked once and he was gone, gone
G A Bm
I blinked once and he was gone, gone, gone yeh yeah
G D
I blinked once and he was gone
D G D
Childhood often seemed a pain to me
Bm A D
So hard waiting to be grown
D G D
Childhood climbed up in a white oak tree
Bm A D
I blinked once and it was gone
[Verse]
D G D
Airplane flyin' across a midnight sky
Bm A D
His tiny lights blinked off and on
D G D
I watched him move across the moon on high
Bm A D
Well I blinked once and it was gone
[Chorus]
A Bm
Gone, gone, yeah
G A D
I blinked once and it was gone
D G D
A girl I'd met was all I cared for, friends
Bm A D
I called her my very own
D G D
We went down to hear the band begin
Bm A D
I blinked once and she was gone
A Bm
Gone, gone, yeah
G A D
I blinked once and it was gone
D G D
I won big money on the gamblin' wheel
Bm A D
And I thought I was sittin' on a throne
D G D
Big John told me 'bout his condo deal
Bm A D
I blinked once and it was gone
A Bm
That's right, it was gone,
G A D
gone, yeah
I blinked once and it was gone
D G D
Once the woodlands here was all you'd see
Bm A D
All these lots were overgrown
D G Bm
It was a place so wild, I thought it would alwasy be
G A D
But, I blinked once and it was gone
A D
I blinked once and it was gone
D G D
The nineteen seventies was ten long years
Bm A D
Was ten long years to sing a song
D G D
It kicked off madly with a New Year's cheer
G A D
I blinked once and it was gone
A Bm
Gone, gone, yeah
G A D
I blinked once and it was gone
D G D
Now old man's talkin' 'bout a gun he'd shot
Bm A D
An' he weren't much more than skin and bone
D G D
Lyin' there breathin' on this worn out cot
Bm A D
I blinked once and he was gone
[Outro]
A Bm
And he was gone, gone
G A Bm
I blinked once and he was gone, gone
G A Bm
I blinked once and he was gone, gone, gone yeh yeah
G D
I blinked once and he was gone
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