[Verse 1]
G# G#m
Schoolbag in hand
D# Gm
She leaves home in the early morning
G# G#m
Waving goodbye
D# Gm
With an absent-minded smile
G# G#m
I watch her go
D# Gm
With a surge of that well-known sadness
G# A# D#
And I have to sit down for a while
[Pre-Chorus]
G# A#/D D# G
The feeling that I'm losing her forever
G# A# D# D#/G
And without really entering her world
G# A#/D D# A#sus4 D#sus4 D#
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter, that funny little girl
[Chorus]
G# D#
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Gm Fm
I try to capture every minute
G# D#
The feeling in it
A#sus4 A# D#
Slipping through my fingers all the time
G# D#
Do I really see what's in her mind
Gm Fm
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
G# D#
She keeps on growing
A#sus4 A# D#
Slipping through my fingers all the time
[Verse 2]
G# G#m
Sleep in our eyes
D# Gm
Her and me at the breakfast table
G# G#m
Barely awake
D# Gm
I let precious time go by
G# G#m
Then when she's gone
D# Gm
There's that odd melancholy feeling
G# A# D#
And a sense of guilt I can't deny
[Pre-Chorus]
G# A#/D D# G
What happened to the wonderful adventures
G# A# D# D#/G
The places I had planned for us to go (slipping through my fingers all the time)
G# A#/D
Well some of that we did
D#
But most we didn't
A#sus4 D#sus4 D#
And why I just don't know
[Chorus]
G# D#
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Gm Fm
I try to capture every minute
G# D#
The feeling in it
A#sus4 A# D#
Slipping through my fingers all the time
G# D#
Do I really see what's in her mind
Gm Fm
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
G# D#
She keeps on growing
A#sus4 A# D#
Slipping through my fingers all the time
[Verse]
G# A# D# G
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
G# A# D#
And save it from the funny tricks of time
D#/G G# A# D#
Slipping through my fingers
[Solo]
G# D# Gm Fm G# D# A#sus4 A# D#
G# D# Gm Fm G# D# A#sus4 D#
Slipping through my fingers all the time
[Outro]
G# G#m
Schoolbag in hand
D# Gm
She leaves home in the early morning
G# G#m D# Gm
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile