Verse 1
[C] [Cm] [G]
Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in
[Bm]
the early morning
[C] [Cm] [G]
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded
[Bm]
smile
[C] [Cm] [G]
I watch her go with a surge of that
[Bm]
well-known sadness
[C] [D] [G]
And I have to sit down for a while
Pre-Chorus
[C] [D]
The feeling that I'm losing her
[G] [G] [B]
forever
[C] [D] [G]
And without really entering her world
[G] [B]
[C] [D]
I'm glad whenever I can share her
[G]
laughter
[D] [Em]
That funny little girl
Chorus
[C]
Slipping through my fingers all the
[G]
time
[D] [C6]
I try to capture every minute
[C] [G]
The feeling in it
[D]
Slipping through my fingers all the
[G]
time
[C] [G]
Do I really see what's in her mind?
[D]
Each time I think I'm close to
[C6]
knowing
[C] [G]
She keeps on growing
[D]
Slipping through my fingers all the
[G]
time
Verse 2
[C] [Cm] [G]
Sleep in our eyes, her and me at the
[Bm]
breakfast table
[C] [Cm] [G]
Barely awake, I let precious time go
[Bm]
by
[C] [Cm]
Then when she's gone, there's that
[G] [Bm]
odd melancholy feeling
[C] [D] [G]
And a sense of guilt I can't deny
Pre-Chorus
[C] [D]
What happened to the wonderful
[G] [B]
adventures
[C] [D]
The places I had planned for us to
[G] [B]
go?
(Slipping through my fingers all the time)
[C] [D]
Well, some of that we did, but most
[G]
we didn't
[D] [Em]
And why, I just don't know
Chorus
[C]
Slipping through my fingers all the
[G]
time
[D] [C6]
I try to capture every minute
[C] [G]
The feeling in it
[D]
Slipping through my fingers all the
[G]
time
[C] [G]
Do I really see what's in her mind?
[D]
Each time I think I'm close to
[C6] [C]
knowing
[G]
She keeps on growing
[D]
Slipping through my fingers all the
time
Bridge
[C] [D]
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze
[G] [B]
the picture
[C] [D]
And save it from the funny tricks of
[G]
time
[G]
Slipping through my fingers
Outro
[C] [Cm] [G]
Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in
[Bm]
the early morning
[C] [Cm] [G]
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded
[Bm]
smile
