E  B  A  B  E   B  A  B 

E                          B                             A                        B 
   I turned on the evening news  Saw a  old man being interviewed 
E                 B                         A    B 
  Turning a hundred and two today 
E                                     B               A                             B 
  Asked him what's the secret to life   He looked up from his old pipe 
E                       B                   A     B 
  Laughed and said "All I can say is." 


          E        B                           A                                 B 
Don't blink, Just like that you're six years old and you take a nap  
               E                               B                            A                
and you wake up and you're twenty-five and your high school 
                      B               
 sweetheart becomes your wife 
          E              B                                A                     B 
Don't blink  You just might miss your babies growing like mine did 
E                    B                                A                               B 
  Turning into moms and dads next thing you know your better half 
    F#m             E/G# 
Of fifty years is there in bed 
                   A                          E/G# 
And you're praying God takes you instead 
F#m                                                      B                    
Trust me friend a hundred years goes faster than you think 
                E      B     A   B   
So don't blink 
E                        B                 A                    B                       
   I was glued to my tv and it looked like he looked at me and said, 
 E                 B                          A     B 
  "Best start putting first things first." 
                             E                         B 
Cause when your   hourglass runs out of sand 
                A                  B 
You can't flip over and start again 
E                                       B                               A      B 
  Take every breathe God gives you for what it's worth 

          E        B                           A                                B 
Don't blink, Just like that you're six years old and you take a nap  
              E                               B                             A                
and you wake up and you're twenty-five and your high school 
                       B               
 sweetheart becomes your wife 
         E               B                               A                      B 
Don't blink  You just might miss your babies growing like mine did 
E                     B                                A                               B 
   Turning into moms and dads next thing you know your better half 
    F#m            E/G# 
Of fifty years is there in bed 
                   A                          E/G# 
And you're praying God takes you instead 
F#m                                                      B                    
Trust me friend a hundred years goes faster than you think 
                E       B   A   B   E   B  A  B 
So don't blink 

  
                       F#m 
I've been tryna slow it down  
                       E/G# 
I've been tryna take it in 
            A                                                         B 
In this here today gone tomorrow world we're livin' in 

  
          E       B                            A                                B 
Don't blink, Just like that you're six years old and you take a nap  
               E                              B                             A                
and you wake up and you're twenty-five and your high school 
                     B               
 sweetheart becomes your wife 
          E              B                                A                     B 
Don't blink  You just might miss your babies growing like mine did 
E                    B                                A                              B 
  Turning into moms and dads next thing you know your better half 
    F#m              E/G# 
Of fifty years is there in bed 
                   A                           E/G# 
And you're praying God takes you instead 
F#m                                                     B                    
Trust me friend a hundred years goes faster than you think 
                 E       B    A  B   
So don't blink 
                    E     B                  A                      B 
Naw, don’t blink       Life goes faster than you think 

E   B    A     B      E