S[G]Schoolbag in h[Gm]hand
She leaves[D]leaves home in the [Gbm]early morning
[G]Waving [Gm]goodbye
With a[D]an absent-mind[Gbm]absent-minded smile
[G]I watch her[Abm]her go
With a[D]a surge of tha[Gbm]that well-known sadness
[G]And I have to[A]to sit down for[Dsus4]for a while [D]
The [G]feeling that I'm lo[A]loosing her for[D]forever [Gb]
[G]And without really [A]entering h[D]her world
[G]I'm glad wheneve[A]r I can share her
l[D]aughter, th[A]at funny litt[Dsus4]le girl [D]
Chorus:
[G]Slipping through my[A]my fingers all [D]the time
I try to c[Gbm]capture ev[Em]every minute
The feelin[D]feeling in it
Slipping through m[A]my fingers all[Dsus4]all the time [D]
Do I really [G]see what's in[D]in her mind
Each time I [Gbm]think I'm close[Em]close to knowing
She keeps on[D]on growing
Slipping through m[A]my fingers all[Dsus4]all the time [D]
Verse:
[G]Sleep in our [Gm]eyes
Her an[D]and me at[Gbm]at the breakfast table
[G]Barely [Gm]awake
[D]I let precious time[Gbm]time go by
[G]Then when she[Gm]she's gone
There's that[D]that odd me[Gbm]melancholy feeling
[G]And a sense o[A]of guilt I can[Dsus4]can't deny [D]
What h[G]appened to th[A]e wonde[D]rful adventures
The pl[G]places I [A]had planned for u[D]us to go
-slipping through my fingers all the time-
[G]Well some of that w[A]we did
But most we [D]didn't
[A]And why I just don'[Dsus4]don't know [D]
Chorus:
[G]Slipping through my[A]my fingers all [D]the time
I try to c[Gbm]capture ev[Em]every minute
The feelin[D]feeling in it
Slipping through m[A]my fingers all[Dsus4]all the time [D]
Do I really [G]see what's in[D]in her mind
Each time I [Gbm]think I'm close[Em]close to knowing
She keeps on[D]on growing
Slipping through m[A]my fingers all[Dsus4]all the time [D]
[G]Sometimes I wish th[A]at I could freeze t[D]he pict[Gbm]ure
[G]And save it from the[A]the funny tricks[D]tricks of time
[G]Slipping through my[A]my fingers
[G]Schoolbag in [Gm]hand
[D]She leaves home in [Gbm]the early morning
[G]Waving [Gm]goodbye with a[D]an absent-mind[Gbm]absent-minded smile