🎶 Slipping Through My Fingers

Capo 3
Tone [G]


[C]Schoolbag in [Cm]hand, she leaves [G]home in the early morning
[C]Waving good[Cm]bye with an [G]absent-minded [Bm]smile
[C]I watch her [Cm]go with a s[G]urge of that well-known sadness
[C]And I have to [D]sit down for a [G]while

The [C]feeling that I'm [D]losing her fo[G]rever [B7]
And [C]without really [D]entering her [G]world [G7]
I'm [C]glad whenever [D]I can share her [G]laughter that [D]funny little [G]girl
Slipping through my [C]fingers all the [G]time I try to [Bm]capture every [Em/C#]minute
[D]The feeling [G]in it slipping through my [D]fingers all the [Em]time
Do I really [C]see what's in her [G]mind? Each time I [Bm]think I'm close to [Em/C#]knowing
[D]She keeps on [G]growing slipping through my [D]fingers all the [G]time

[C]Sleep in our [Cm]eyes, her and [G]me at the breakfast table
[C]Barely a[Cm]wake, I let [G]precious time go [Bm]by
[C]Then when she's [Cm]gone, there's that [G]odd melancholy feeling
[C]And a sense of [D]guilt I can't de[G]ny

What [C]happened to the [D]wonderful ad[G]ventures [B7]
The [C]places I had [D]planned for us to [G]go? [G7]
Well, [C]some of that we [D]did but most we [G]didn't And [D]why? I just don't [G]know
Slipping through my [C]fingers all the [G]time I try to [Bm]capture every [Em/C#]minute
[D]The feeling [G]in it slipping through my [D]fingers all the [Em]time
Do I really [C]see what's in her [G]mind? Each time I [Bm]think I'm close to [Em/C#]knowing
[D]She keeps on [G]growing slipping through my [D]fingers all the [G]time

Some[C]times I wish that [D]I could freeze the [G]picture [B7]
[C]And save it from the [D]funny tricks of [G]time
Slipping through my [D]fingers all the [G]time [C] [D] [G]
[C]Schoolbag in [Cm]hand, she leaves [G]home in the early morning
[C]Waving good[Cm]bye with an [G]absent-minded [Bm]smile