Slipping Through My Fingers

(Bbm)Schoolbag in hand, she leaves (Am)home in the early (Bbm)morning,

waving goodbye with an (Am)absentminded smile.

(Bbm)I watch her go with a (Am)surge of that wellknown sadness,

(Bb)and I have to (C)sit down for a (F)while.

The (C)feeling that I'm losing her (F)forever,

(A)and (Bb)without really (C)entering her (F)world.

I'm (C)glad whenever I can share her (F)laughter,

that (Csus)funny (C)little (F)girl.

Slipping through my fingers all the time,

I try to (Gm)capture ev'ry minute,

the (Bb)feeling (F)in it.

Slipping through my (Csus)fingers (C)all the (Bb)time,

do I really see what's in her (F)mind?

Each time I (Am)think I'm close to (Bb)knowing,

she keeps on (F)growing.

Slipping through my (Csus)fingers (C)all the (F)time.

(Bbm)Sleep in our eyes, her and (Am)me at the breakfast table,

(Bbm)barely awake, I let (Am)precious time go by.

(Bbm)Then when she's gone, there's that (Am)old melancholy feeling (Bb)and a sense of (C)guilt I can't (F)deny,

What (C)happened to the wonderful (F)(Aaug)adventures,

(A)the (Bb)places I had (C)planned for us to (F)go?

Well, (C)some of that we did,

but most we (F)didn't and (Csus)why,

I (C)just don't (F)know.

Slipping through my fingers all the time,

I try to (Gm)capture ev'ry minute,

the (Bb)feeling (F)in it.

Slipping through my (Csus)fingers (C)all the (Bb)time,

do I really see what's in her (F)mind?

Each time I (Am)think I'm close to (Bb)knowing,

she keeps on (F)growing.

Slipping through my (Csus)fingers (C)all the (F)time.

time. (C)Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the (F)picture

(A)and (Bb)save it from the (C)funny tricks of (F)time.

Slipping through my (Bb)(C)(F)fingers.

Slipping through my time.

(Bb)Schoolbag in (Bbm)hand, she leaves (Am)home in the early morning,

(Bb)waving (Bbm)goodbye with an (F)absentminded (Am)smile.