Slipping Through My Fingers Declan McKenna

Slipping Through My Fingers

Declan McKenna

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738
0:00 4:12
Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 4/4
Key: C
Capo:
No capo
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
C
Schoolbag in hand,
Cm           G              Bm
  she leaves home in the early morning
C           Cm          G             Bm
 Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
 C          Cm        G             Bm
I watch her go with a surge of that well-known sadness
C                 D                G
 And I have to sit down for a while

[Pre-Chorus]
    C                  D            G  B
The feeling that I'm losing her forever
    C                D               G
And without really entering her world
    C              D              G
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter
     D                G
That funny little girl

[Chorus]
                    C                   G
Slipping through my fingers all the time
            Bm         Am
I try to capture every minute
Am            G
  The feeling in it
                    D                   G
Slipping through my fingers all the time
            C                      G
Do I really see what's in her mind?
            Bm                    Am
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
Am    C        G
  She keeps on growing
                    D                   G
Slipping through my fingers all the time

[Verse 2]
C
Sleep in our eyes,
Cm        G              Bm
  her and me at the breakfast table
C
 Barely awake,
Cm      G                Bm
  I let precious time go by
C
 Then when she's gone,
Cm             G        Bm
  there's that old melancholy feeling
C                    D/A            G
 And a sense of guilt   I can't deny

[Pre-Chorus]
     C               D           G       B
What happened to our wonderful adventures
    C                   D             G B
The places I had planned for us to go?
           C
Well, some of that we did,
Asus4/F#            G              D
        but most we didn't And why,
                 G
I just don't know

[Chorus]
                    C                   G
Slipping through my fingers all the time
            Bm         Am
I try to capture every minute
            G
The feeling in it
                    D                   G
Slipping through my fingers all the time
            C                      G
Do I really see what's in her mind?
            Bm                    Am
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
    C        G
She keeps on growing
                    D                   G
Slipping through my fingers all the time

[Verse 3]
    C                         D          G
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
    C                Eb5b5           G   B
And save it from the funny tricks of time
Slipping through my fingers

[Interlude]
                                   Dsus2 |
| - G | B        Am | -     Em | D Cadd9 |
| - G | Asus4/F# C  | Cadd9 G  | -

[Outro]
C
Schoolbag in hand,
Cm           G                    Bm
  she leaves home in the early morning
C           Cm          G             Bm
 Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile

Bars

[Verse 1]
| C Cm | G Bm | C Cm | G Bm |
| C Cm | G Bm | C D  | G -  |

Schoolbag in hand,
she leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
I watch her go with a surge of that well-known sadness
And I have to sit down for a while

[Pre-Chorus]
| C D | G B | C D | G - |
| C D | G D | G - |

The feeling that I'm losing her forever
And without really entering her world
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter
That funny little girl

[Chorus]
                                 | C - G - |
| Bm - Am - | Am - G - | D - G - | C - G - |
| Bm - Am - | Am C G - | D - G - | - -

Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind?
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time

[Verse 2]
                           C |
| Cm G | Bm C | Cm  G | Bm C |
| Cm G | Bm C | D/A G | - 

Sleep in our eyes,
her and me at the breakfast table
Barely awake,
I let precious time go by
Then when she's gone,
there's that old melancholy feeling
And a sense of guilt   I can't deny

[Pre-Chorus]
                                           C - |
| D        - G - | - B C - | D - G - | B - C - |
| Asus4/F# - G - | D - G - | - -

What happened to our wonderful adventures
The places I had planned for us to go?
Well, some of that we did,
but most we didn't And why,
I just don't know

[Chorus]
                           C - | G - Bm - |
| Am - - - | G - D - | G - C - | G - Bm - |
| Am - - C | G - D - | G - - - |

Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind?
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time

[Verse 3]
                                  | C - - D |
| G - - - | C - Eb5b5 - | G - B - | - -

Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
And save it from the funny tricks of time
Slipping through my fingers

[Interlude]
                                   Dsus2 |
| - G | B        Am | -     Em | D Cadd9 |
| - G | Asus4/F# C  | Cadd9 G  | -

[Outro]
                                        C - |
| Cm - G - | - Bm C - | Cm - G - | Bm - - - |

Schoolbag in hand,
she leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile

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