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