[Primera Parte]

A             Am/C 
Schoolbag in hand
             E          C#m 
She leaves home in the early morning
A         Am/C 
Waving goodbye
         E             G#m 
With an absent-minded smile
A           Am/C 
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

[Pre-Estribillo]

      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             E4    E 
That funny little girl

[Estribillo]

                     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

[Segunda Parte]

 A            Am/C 
Sleep in our eyes
       E                    C#m 
Her and me at the breakfast table
A          Am/C 
Barely awake
       E                G#m 
I let precious time go by
 A              Am/C 
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

[Pre-Estribillo]
      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

[Estribillo]

                     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

[Puente]

 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/G# )               A   B    E 
      Slipping through my fingers

[Solo] A  E  G#m  F#m  B  E  
       B  E  A  E  G#m  F#m  A  E 

[Tab - Solo]

(Solo Sem Capo)

[Parte 1 De 7]
E|--------------------------------|
B|-------------10-10--8-8---------|
G|---------10--------------10-10--|
D|--10--12------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

[Parte 2 De 7]
E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|--13--10--------------13--10-------------------|
G|-----------10--9---------------10-----10h12----|
D|----------------------------------12-----------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

[Parte 3 De 7]
E|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|--12p10--10------------10--|
D|------------12--10--10-----|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

[Parte 4 De 7]
E|--------------------------------|
B|-------------10-10--8-8---------|
G|---------10--------------10-10--|
D|--10--12------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

[Parte 5 De 7]
E|--------------------------------|
B|-------------10-10--8-8---------|
G|---------10--------------10-10--|
D|--10--12------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

[Parte 6 De 7]
E|-----------------------------------------------|
B|--13--10--------------13--10-------------------|
G|-----------10--9---------------10-----10h12----|
D|----------------------------------12-----------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

[Parte 7 De 7]
E|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|--12p10--10------------10--|
D|------------12--10--10-----|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

                     B               E 
Slipping through my fingers all the time

[Final]

A             Am/C 
Schoolbag in hand
            E           C#m 
She leaves home in the early morning
A         Am/C 
Waving goodbye
         E             G#m 
With an absent-minded smile