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