Verse 1GGm
Schoolbag in hand
DF#m
She leaves home in the early morning
GGm
Waving goodbye
DF#m
With an absent-minded smile
GGm
I watch her go
DF#m
With a surge of that well-known sadness
GAD
And I have to sit down for a while
Pre-ChorusGADF#
The feeling that I'm losing her forever
GADD
And without really entering her world
GADADD
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter, that funny little girl
ChorusGD
Slipping through my fingers all the time
F#mEm
I try to capture every minute
GD
The feeling in it
AAD
Slipping through my fingers all the time
GD
Do I really see what's in her mind
F#mEm
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
GD
She keeps on growing
AAD
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Verse 2GGm
Sleep in our eyes
DF#m
Her and me at the breakfast table
GGm
Barely awake
DF#m
I let precious time go by
GGm
Then when she's gone
DF#m
There's that odd melancholy feeling
GAD
And a sense of guilt I can't deny
Pre-ChorusGADF#
What happened to the wonderful adventures
GADD
The places I had planned for us to go (slipping through my fingers all the time)
GA
Well some of that we did
D
But most we didn't
ADD
And why I just don't know
ChorusGD
Slipping through my fingers all the time
F#mEm
I try to capture every minute
GD
The feeling in it
AAD
Slipping through my fingers all the time
GD
Do I really see what's in her mind
F#mEm
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
GD
She keeps on growing
AAD
Slipping through my fingers all the time
VerseGADF#
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
GAD
And save it from the funny tricks of time
DGAD
Slipping through my fingers
[Solo]
GDF#mEmGDAADGDF#mEmGDAD
Slipping through my fingers all the time
OutroGGm
Schoolbag in hand
DF#m
She leaves home in the early morning
GGmDF#m
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
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