[Verse 1]
D# D#m
Schoolbag in hand
A# Dm
She leaves home in the early morning
D# D#m
Waving goodbye
A# Dm
With an absent-minded smile
D# D#m
I watch her go
A# Dm
With a surge of that well-known sadness
D# F A#
And I have to sit down for a while
[Pre-Chorus]
D# F/A A# D
The feeling that I'm losing her forever
D# F A# A#/D
And without really entering her world
D# F/A A# Fsus4 A#sus4 A#
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter, that funny little girl
[Chorus]
D# A#
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Dm Cm
I try to capture every minute
D# A#
The feeling in it
Fsus4 F A#
Slipping through my fingers all the time
D# A#
Do I really see what's in her mind
Dm Cm
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
D# A#
She keeps on growing
Fsus4 F A#
Slipping through my fingers all the time
[Verse 2]
D# D#m
Sleep in our eyes
A# Dm
Her and me at the breakfast table
D# D#m
Barely awake
A# Dm
I let precious time go by
D# D#m
Then when she's gone
A# Dm
There's that odd melancholy feeling
D# F A#
And a sense of guilt I can't deny
[Pre-Chorus]
D# F/A A# D
What happened to the wonderful adventures
D# F A# A#/D
The places I had planned for us to go (slipping through my fingers all the time)
D# F/A
Well some of that we did
A#
But most we didn't
Fsus4 A#sus4 A#
And why I just don't know
[Chorus]
D# A#
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Dm Cm
I try to capture every minute
D# A#
The feeling in it
Fsus4 F A#
Slipping through my fingers all the time
D# A#
Do I really see what's in her mind
Dm Cm
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
D# A#
She keeps on growing
Fsus4 F A#
Slipping through my fingers all the time
[Verse]
D# F A# D
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
D# F A#
And save it from the funny tricks of time
A#/D D# F A#
Slipping through my fingers
[Solo]
D# A# Dm Cm D# A# Fsus4 F A#
D# A# Dm Cm D# A# Fsus4 A#
Slipping through my fingers all the time
[Outro]
D# D#m
Schoolbag in hand
A# Dm
She leaves home in the early morning
D# D#m A# Dm
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile