You Blink And You're Not Young Anymore
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[Intro ]
Em
N.B.
Feels like yesterday,
Em
Now it feels like a lifetime ago.
Em Em
Em Em
Hmm mm mm
Intro
Em Em
e|--------------------| e|---------------------------|
B|--------------------| B|---------------------------|
G|--------------------| G|---------------------------|
D|---------------2----| D|---------------------------|
A|--------------------| A|---1p0-------------2h5p2---|
E|---3-0---3-0--------| E|--------3-5-3-5-3----------|
[Verso 1]
Em
Used to run the time on my side,
Am
Didn't think twice,
Em
Didn't think twice.
Em
Days were long and nights were loud,
D Em Em
Now it's quiet in the crowd.
[Verso 2]
Em
Friends moved on, some slipped away,
Em
Some just faded day by day,
Am
Pictures sitting on that shelf,
B7 Em
Look like somebody else.
[Refrão]
Em Am Em
You blink, you're not young anymore,
G D Em
Life don't feel like it did before,
Em Am Em
Time don't knock on your door,
C D D Em Em
You blink and it's gone for sure.
Interlude
Em Am7 B7
Em Em
[Verso 3]
Em Em
Used to dream about the road,
Em Em
Now I dream about back home,
Am Am
Used to chase what I could be,
B7
Now I sit and let things be.
[Verso 4]
Em Em
Still got fire, still got soul.
Em Em
Just don't move like I used to roll.
Am Am
Ain't complaining, just sayin true.
B7
Time don't do what you wanted to.
[Refrão]
Em Am Em
You blink, you're not young anymore,
G D Em Em
Life don't feel like it did before,
Em Am Em
Time don't knock on your door,
C D Em Em
You blink and it's gone for sure.
[Ponte]
Am Am
Ain't no rewind, ain't no pause,
Em Em
Just a trail of what once was,
Am Am
But every mile, every year,
B7
Means you made it all the way here.
[Refrão]
Em Am Em
You blink and you're not young anymore.
G D Em Em
Life don't feel like it did before.
Em Am Em
Time don't knock on your door.
C D Em Em
You blink and it's gone for sure.
Outro
Em Am Em
Don't blink too long,
G D
N.C.
You might miss the good parts.
Em Em
Em Am Em
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