Slipping Through My Fingers

F             Fm
Schoolbag in hand
       C                 Em
She leaves home in the early morning
F            Fm
  Waving goodbye
            C          Em
With an absent-minded smile
F            Fm
I watch her go
        C            Em
With a surge of that well-known 
sadness
F             G               C
And I have to sit down for a while

    F                G        
The feeling that I'm losing her 
  C       E
forever
    F              G          
And without really entering her 
   C
world

( C  E  F )

    F             G               
I'm glad whenever I can share her 
C
laughter
G                  C
That funny little girl

                    F              
Slipping through my fingers all the
  C
 time
          Em           Dm
I try to capture every minute
    F        C
The feeling in it
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                    G              
Slipping through my fingers all the
 (C)
 time
C               F             C
Do I really see what's in her mind?
             Em               
Each time I think I'm close to 
 Dm
knowing
    F         C
She keeps on growing
                    F              
Slipping through my fingers all the
  C
 time

F            Fm            C    
Sleep in our eyes, her and me at
     Em
 the breakfast table
F         Fm         C          
 Barely awake, I let precious 
     Em
time go by
F                Fm              
Then, when she's gone, there's 
    C       Em
that odd melancholy feeling
F             G                C
And a sense of guilt I can't deny

     F               G       
What happened to the wonderful 
    C
adventures?
    F            G                 
The places I had planned for us to 
C
go

(Slipping through my fingers all the
 time)
   F                  G           
Well, some of that we did, but 
     C
most we didn't
    G                 C
And why, I just don't know

                    F              
Slipping through my fingers all the
  C
 time
          Em           Dm
I try to capture every minute
    F       C
The feeling in it
                    G              
Slipping through my fingers all the
 (C)
 time
C               F             C
Do I really see what's in her mind?
             Em               
Each time I think I'm close to 
 Dm
knowing
    F         C
She keeps on growing
                    F              
Slipping through my fingers all the
  C
 time

    F                 G           
Sometimes I wish that I could 
       C       E
freeze the picture
    F                G            
And save it from the funny tricks 
   C    E
of time

Slipping through my fingers

                    F        G    
Slipping through my fingers all 
  C
the time

F            Fm
Schoolbag in hand
       C               Em
She leaves home in the early morning
F             Fm
 Waving goodbye
            C          Em
With an absent-minded smile