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