[Verse 1]
C Cm
Schoolbag in hand
G Bm
She leaves home in the early morning
C Cm
Waving goodbye
G Bm
With an absent-minded smile
C Cm
I watch her go
G Bm
With a surge of that well-known sadness
C D G
And I have to sit down for a while
[Pre-Chorus]
C D/F# G B
The feeling that I'm losing her forever
C D G G/B
And without really entering her world
C D/F# G Dsus4 Gsus4 G
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter, that funny little girl
[Chorus]
C G
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Bm Am
I try to capture every minute
C G
The feeling in it
Dsus4 D G
Slipping through my fingers all the time
C G
Do I really see what's in her mind
Bm Am
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
C G
She keeps on growing
Dsus4 D G
Slipping through my fingers all the time
[Verse 2]
C Cm
Sleep in our eyes
G Bm
Her and me at the breakfast table
C Cm
Barely awake
G Bm
I let precious time go by
C Cm
Then when she's gone
G Bm
There's that odd melancholy feeling
C D G
And a sense of guilt I can't deny
[Pre-Chorus]
C D/F# G B
What happened to the wonderful adventures
C D G G/B
The places I had planned for us to go (slipping through my fingers all the time)
C D/F#
Well some of that we did
G
But most we didn't
Dsus4 Gsus4 G
And why I just don't know
[Chorus]
C G
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Bm Am
I try to capture every minute
C G
The feeling in it
Dsus4 D G
Slipping through my fingers all the time
C G
Do I really see what's in her mind
Bm Am
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
C G
She keeps on growing
Dsus4 D G
Slipping through my fingers all the time
[Verse]
C D G B
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
C D G
And save it from the funny tricks of time
G/B C D G
Slipping through my fingers
[Solo]
C G Bm Am C G Dsus4 D G
C G Bm Am C G Dsus4 G
Slipping through my fingers all the time
[Outro]
C Cm
Schoolbag in hand
G Bm
She leaves home in the early morning
C Cm G Bm
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile