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