Passenger - Blink Of An Eye: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Blink Of An Eye" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

G                    C       G
I was a dreamer when I was young
D                        Em     C
Lyin' on the grass, and starin' at the sky
G                           C      G
I never felt that time was moving on
     D                        Em
I thought it would stay the same
    C
For all my life
D        Em            C
Playin' games under Christmas lights
D         Em        C
When the world was warm and bright
D         Em        C
But that time just seemed to fly
D
In the blinking of an eye

I was a joker when I was at school
Smokin' grass, laughing and gettin' high
I never cared about nothin' at all
I thought it would stay the same
For all my life
Kissing girls under summer nights
When the world was big and bright
But that time just passed me by
In the blinking of an eye

Chorus:
Am              Em
I left home at seventeen
G                      D
Tried to get into the music scene
Am                      Em
It wore me down like an old machine
   G                          D
I learned how to work and forgot how to dream, oh

I fell in love at twenty-one
Down in the grass, getting lost in her wide eyes
Wouldn't have traded it for anyone
I thought it would stay the same
For all my life
But I was just too young to know
I let her down and let her go
That time taught me how to cry
In the blinking of an eye
In the blinking of an eye

G Am Em D         G      D        G Am Em D
         In the blinking of an eye

I hit the road at twenty-three
Stood in the grass, singing songs for passers-by
Foot-loose and fancy-free
I thought it would stay the same
For all my life
Oh and practice taught me how to preach
I touched the world, so out of reach
And that time, it lived and died
In the blinking of an eye

Chorus:
It all changed at twenty-nine
My boat came in and the stars aligned
I watched a simple song of mine
Travel the world in the blink of an eye, yeah
Yeah

Now I'm here at thirty-six
Down in the grass, tryna make sense of it all
Maybe there's no easy fix
The highest highs come with the hardest falls
See the good times come and go
Like the people that you know
And all you can do is try
For it's gone in the blink of an eye

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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

Em

Guitar chord Em

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Blink Of An Eye" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Blink Of An Eye" by Passenger.

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