xCapo 1. [Verse 1] (A) Schoolbag in (Am/C) hand She (E) leaves home in the (C#m) early morning (A) Waving (Am/C) goodbye With an (E) absent-minded (G#m) smile (A) I watch her go (Am) With a (E) surge of that (C#m) well-known sadness (A) And I have to sit (Bsus4) down (B) for a while (E) The (A) feeling that I'm (B/D#) loosing her (E) forever (G#) And (A) without really (B) entering her world (E) I'm (A) glad whenever I (B/D#) can share her (E) laughter That (Bsus4) funny (B) little girl (Esus4) (E) [Chorus 1] (E) Slipping through my (A6) fingers all the (E) time I try to (G#m) capture every (F#m) minute The (B) feeling in (E) it Slipping through my (Bsus4) fingers (B) all the (E) time Do I really (A6) see what's in her (E) mind Each time I (G#m) think I'm close to (F#m) knowing She (A) keeps on (E) growing Slipping through my (Bsus4) fingers (B) all the (E) time [Verse 2] (same as verse 1) Sleep in our eyes Her and me at the breakfast table Barely awake I let precious time go by Then when she's gone There's that odd melancholy feeling And a sense of guilt I can't deny What happened to the wonderful adventures The places I had planned for us to go (slipping through my fingers all the time) Well some of that we did But most we didn't And why I just don't know [Chorus 2] (A) Sometimes I wish that I (B) could freeze the (E) picture (G#) And (A) save it from the (B) funny tricks of (E) time (E/G#) Slipping through my (A) fing(B) ers (E) [Solo] A E G#m F#m F#m A E Bsus4 B E A6 E G#m F#m F#m A E Schoolbag in hand She leaves home in the early morning Waving goodbye with an absent-minded (G#m) smile Am/C: x32210 G#: 466544 G#m: 466444 Bsus4: x24452 B: x24442 or 799877 A6: x02222 Esus4: 022200
