GAmEmDGDD4 GCG I was a dreamer when I was young DEmC Lyin' on the grass, starin' at the sky GCG I never felt the time was moving on DEm I thought it would stay the same C For all my life DEmC Playin' games under Christmas lights DEmC When the world was warm and bright DEmC But that time just seemed to fly D In the blinking of an eye GCG I was a joker when I was at school DEmC Smokin' grass, laughing and gettin' high GCG I never cared about nothin' at all DEm I thought it would stay the same C For all my life DEmC Kissing girls under summer nights DEmC When the world was big and bright DEmC But that time just passed me by DGG4G In the blinking of an eye AmEm I left home at seventeen GD Tried to get into the music scene AmEm It wore me down like an old machine GD I learned how to work and forgot how to dream, oh GAmEm DGD Yea-ea-eah GCG I fell in love at twenty-one DEmC Down in the grass, getting lost in her wide eyes GCG Wouldn't have traded it for anyone DEm I thought it would stay the same D For all my life EmC But I was just too young to know DEmC I let her down and let her go DEmC That time taught me how to cry D In the blinking of an eye GAmEmDGD In the blinking of an eye GCG I hit the road at twenty-three DEmC Stood in the grass, singing songs for passers-by GCG Foot-loose and fancy-free DEm I thought it would stay the same D For all my life EmC Oh and practice taught me how to preach DEmC I touched the world, so out of reach DEmC And that time, it lived and died DGG4G In the blinking of an eye AmEm It all changed at twenty-nine GD My boat came in and the stars aligned AmEm I watched a simple song of mine GD Travel the world in the blink of an eye, yeah GAmEm D Yea-ea-eah G * C * G *