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

( C  E  F )

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Slipping through my fingers

                    F        G      C
Slipping through my fingers all 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