Verse 1
[G] [Gm]
Schoolbag in hand
[D] [F#m]
She leaves home in the early morning
[G] [Gm]
Waving goodbye
[D] [F#m]
With an absent-minded smile
[G] [Gm]
I watch her go
[D] [F#m]
With a surge of that well-known sadness
[G] [A] [D]
And I have to sit down for a while
Pre-Chorus
[G] [A/C#] [D] [F#]
The feeling that I'm losing her forever
[G] [A] [D] [D/F#]
And without really entering her world
[G] [A/C#] [D] [Asus4] [Dsus4] [D]
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter, that funny little girl
Chorus
[G] [D]
Slipping through my fingers all the time
[F#m] [Em]
I try to capture every minute
[G] [D]
The feeling in it
[Asus4] [A] [D]
Slipping through my fingers all the time
[G] [D]
Do I really see what's in her mind
[F#m] [Em]
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
[G] [D]
She keeps on growing
[Asus4] [A] [D]
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Verse 2
[G] [Gm]
Sleep in our eyes
[D] [F#m]
Her and me at the breakfast table
[G] [Gm]
Barely awake
[D] [F#m]
I let precious time go by
[G] [Gm]
Then when she's gone
[D] [F#m]
There's that odd melancholy feeling
[G] [A] [D]
And a sense of guilt I can't deny
Pre-Chorus
[G] [A/C#] [D] [F#]
What happened to the wonderful adventures
[G] [A] [D] [D/F#]
The places I had planned for us to go (slipping through my fingers all the time)
[G] [A/C#]
Well some of that we did
[D]
But most we didn't
[Asus4] [Dsus4] [D]
And why I just don't know
Chorus
[G] [D]
Slipping through my fingers all the time
[F#m] [Em]
I try to capture every minute
[G] [D]
The feeling in it
[Asus4] [A] [D]
Slipping through my fingers all the time
[G] [D]
Do I really see what's in her mind
[F#m] [Em]
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
[G] [D]
She keeps on growing
[Asus4] [A] [D]
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Verse
[G] [A] [D] [F#]
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
[G] [A] [D]
And save it from the funny tricks of time
[D/F#] [G] [A] [D]
Slipping through my fingers
Solo
[G] [D] [F#m] [Em] [G] [D] [Asus4] [A] [D]
[G] [D] [F#m] [Em] [G] [D] [Asus4] [D]
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Outro
[G] [Gm]
Schoolbag in hand
[D] [F#m]
She leaves home in the early morning
[G] [Gm] [D] [F#m]
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
