[verse 1] Bb Bbm Schoolbag in hand F Am She leaves home in the early morning Bb Bbm Waving goodbye F Am With an absent-minded smile Bb Bbm I watch her go F Am With a surge of that well-known sadness Bb C F And I have to sit down for a while [pre-chorus] Bb C/E F A The feeling that I'm losing her forever Bb C F F/A And without really entering her world Bb C/E F Csus4 Fsus4 F I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter, that funny little girl [chorus] Bb F Slipping through my fingers all the time Am Gm I try to capture every minute Bb F The feeling in it Csus4 C F Slipping through my fingers all the time Bb F Do I really see what's in her mind Am Gm Each time I think I'm close to knowing Bb F She keeps on growing Csus4 C F Slipping through my fingers all the time [verse 2] Bb Bbm Sleep in our eyes F Am Her and me at the breakfast table Bb Bbm Barely awake F Am I let precious time go by Bb Bbm Then when she's gone F Am There's that odd melancholy feeling Bb C F And a sense of guilt I can't deny [pre-chorus] Bb C/E F A What happened to the wonderful adventures Bb C F F/A The places I had planned for us to go (slipping through my fingers all the time) Bb C/E Well some of that we did F But most we didn't Csus4 Fsus4 F And why I just don't know [chorus] Bb F Slipping through my fingers all the time Am Gm I try to capture every minute Bb F The feeling in it Csus4 C F Slipping through my fingers all the time Bb F Do I really see what's in her mind Am Gm Each time I think I'm close to knowing Bb F She keeps on growing Csus4 C F Slipping through my fingers all the time [verse] Bb C F A Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture Bb C F And save it from the funny tricks of time F/A Bb C F Slipping through my fingers [solo] Bb F Am Gm Bb F Csus4 C F F Csus4 C F Am Gm Bb F Csus4 F Slipping through my fingers all the time [outro] Bb Bbm Schoolbag in hand F Am She leaves home in the early morning Bb Bbm F Am Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile