GGm Schoolbag in hand DF#m She leaves home in the early morning GGm Waving goodbye DF#m With an absent-minded smile GGm I watch her go DF#m With a surge of that well-known sadness GAD And I have to sit down for a while
GA/C#DF# The feeling that I'm losing her forever GADD/F# And without really entering her world GA/C#DA4D4D I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter, that funny little girl
GD Slipping through my fingers all the time F#mEm I try to capture every minute GD The feeling in it A4AD Slipping through my fingers all the time GD Do I really see what's in her mind F#mEm Each time I think I'm close to knowing GD She keeps on growing A4AD Slipping through my fingers all the time
GGm Sleep in our eyes DF#m Her and me at the breakfast table GGm Barely awake DF#m I let precious time go by GGm Then when she's gone DF#m There's that odd melancholy feeling GAD And a sense of guilt I can't deny
GA/C#DF# What happened to the wonderful adventures GADD/F# The places I had planned for us to go (slipping through my fingers all the time) GA/C# Well some of that we did D But most we didn't A4D4D And why I just don't know
GD Slipping through my fingers all the time F#mEm I try to capture every minute GD The feeling in it A4AD Slipping through my fingers all the time GD Do I really see what's in her mind F#mEm Each time I think I'm close to knowing GD She keeps on growing A4AD Slipping through my fingers all the time
GADF# Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture GAD And save it from the funny tricks of time D/F#GAD Slipping through my fingers
GDF#mEmGDA4AD GDF#mEmGDA4D Slipping through my fingers all the time
GGm Schoolbag in hand DF#m She leaves home in the early morning GGmDF#m Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile