1. [Bb]Schoolbag in [Bbm]hand, she leaves [F]home in the [Am]early morning
[Bb]Waving good-[Bbm]bye with an [F]absent-minded [Am]smile
[Bb]I watch her [Bm]go with a [F]surge of that [Am]well-known sadness
[Bb]And I have to [C]sit down for a [F]while
The [Bb]feeling that I’m [C]losing her for-[F]ever [Am]
And [Bb]without really [C]entering her [F]world
[Bb]I’m glad whenever [C]I can share her [F]laughter
That [C]funny little [F]girl
Chorus: [Bb]Slipping through my [C]fingers all the [F]time
I try to [Am]capture every [Gm]minute
The feeling in [F]it
Slipping through my [C]fingers all the [F]time
Do I really see [Bb]what’s in her [F]mind
Each time I [Am]think I’m close to [Gm]knowing
She keeps on [F]growing
Slipping through my [C]fingers all the [F]time
2. [Bb]Sleep in our [Bbm]eyes, her and [F]me at the [Am]breakfast table
[Bb]Barely a-[Bbm]wake, I let [F]precious time go [Am]by
[Bb]Then when she’s [Bbm]gone there’s that [F]odd melancholy [Am]feeling
[Bb]And a sense of [C]guilt I can’t de-[F]ny
What [Bb]happened to the [C]wonderful ad-[F]ventures
The [Bb]places I [C]had planned for us to [F]go
(Slipping through my fingers all the time)
[Bb]Well, some of that we [C]did but most we [F]didn’t
[C]And why I just don’t [F]know
Chorus: [Bb]Slipping through my [C]fingers all the [F]time
I try to [Am]capture every [Gm]minute
The feeling in [F]it
Slipping through my [C]fingers all the [F]time
Do I really see [Bb]what’s in her [F]mind
Each time I [Am]think I’m close to [Gm]knowing
She keeps on [F]growing
Slipping through my [C]fingers all the [F]time
Bridge: [Bb]Sometimes I wish that I [C]could freeze the [F]picture [Am]
[Bb]And save it from the [C]funny tricks of [F]time
[Bb]Slipping through my [C]fingers
[Bb]Slipping through my [C]fingers all the time
[Bb]Schoolbag in[Bbm]hand [F]she leaves home in the [Am]early morning
[Bb]Waving good-[Bbm]bye with an [F]absent-minded [Am]smile
