Slipping Through My Fingers

(C)Schoolbag in (Cm)hand, she leaves (G)home in the early morning,

(C)waving (Cm)goodbye with an (G)absentminded smile.

(C)I watch her (Cm)go with a (G)surge of that wellknown sadness,

(C)and I have to (D)sit down for a (G)while.

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

and (C)without really (D)entering her (G)world.

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

that (D)funny little (G)girl.

Slipping through my (C)fingers (D)all the (G)time,

I try to (Bm)capture ev'ry (Am)minute,

the feeling (G)in it.

Slipping through my (C)fingers (D)all the (G)time,

do I really (C)see what's (D)in her (G)mind?

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

she keeps on (G)growing.

Slipping through my (C)fingers (D)all the (G)time.

(C)Sleep in our (Cm)eyes, her and (G)me at the breakfast table,

(C)barely (Cm)awake, I let (G)precious time go by.

(C)Then when she's (Cm)gone, there's that (G)old melancholy feeling (C)and a sense of (D)guilt I can't (G)deny.

What (C)happened to the (D)wonderful (G)adventures,

the (C)places I had (D)planned for us to (G)go?

Well, (C)some of that we (D)did,

but most we (G)didn't and (D)why,

I just don't (G)know.

Slipping through my (C)fingers (D)all the (G)time,

I try to (Bm)capture ev'ry (Am)minute,

the feeling (G)in it.

Slipping through my (C)fingers (D)all the (G)time,

do I really (C)see what's (D)in her (G)mind?

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

she keeps on (G)growing.

Slipping through my (C)fingers (D)all the (G)time.

time. (C)Sometimes I wish that (D)I could freeze the (G)picture and (C)save it from the (D)funny tricks of (G)time.

Slipping through my (D7)fingers.

Slipping through my (G)time.

(C)Schoolbag in (Cm)hand, she leaves (G)home in the early morning,

(C)waving (Cm)goodbye with an (G)absentminded (Bm)smile.