Slipping Through My Fingers

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

(Bbm)waving goodbye with an (Am)absent minded smile.

(Bbm)I watch her go with a (Am)surge of that well known sadness (C)and I have to sit down for a (F)while.

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

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

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

that funny little (F)girl.

Slipping though my fingers all the time I try to (Gm)capture evry minute,

(F)the feeling in it, slipping through my fingers all the time.

Do I really see what's in her mind?

Each time I (Gm)think I'm close to knowing (F)she keeps on growing.

Slipping through my fingers all the 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 (C)and a sense of guilt I can't (F)deny.

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

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

Well, (C)some of that we did but most we didn't and why I just don't (F)know.

Slipping though my fingers all the time I try to (Gm)capture evry minute,

(F)the feeling in it, slipping through my fingers all the time.

Do I really see what's in her mind?

Each time I (Gm)think I'm close to knowing (F)she keeps on growing.

Slipping through my fingers all the time.

fingers all the time.

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

(A)and (C)save it from the funny tricks of time,

slipping through my fingers.

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

(Bbm)waving goodbye with an (Am)absent minded smile.