[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
