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[Verse 1]
G
Schoolbag in hand,
Gm D
she leaves home in the early morning
G Gm D F#m
Waving goodbye with an absentminded smile
G Gm D F#m7
I watch her go with a surge of that well known sadness
G A Dsus4 D
And I have to sit down for a while
[Pre-Chorus]
G A/C# D F#
The feeling that I'm losing her forever
G A D F#m7
And without really entering her world
G A D
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter
A Dsus4 D
That funny little girl
[Chorus]
G D
Slipping through my fingers all the time
F#m Em
I try to capture every minute
G D
The feeling in it
Asus4 A D
Slipping through my fingers all the time
G D
Do I really see what's in her mind
F#m Em
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
G D
She keeps on growing
Asus4 A Dsus4 D
Slipping through my fingers all the time
[Verse 2]
G Gm
Sleep in our eyes,
D
her and me at the breakfast table
G Gm D F#m
Barely awake I let precious time go by
G Gm
Then when she's gone,
D D/F#
there's that odd melancholy feeling
G A Dsus4 D
And a sense of guilt I can't deny
[Pre-Chorus]
G A/C# D F#
What happened to the wonderful adventures
G A D D/F#
The places I had planned for us to go
G
Well, some of that we did,
A D
but most we didn't
A Dsus4 D
And why, I just don't know
[Chorus]
G D
Slipping through my fingers all the time
F#m Em
I try to capture every minute
G D
The feeling in it
Asus4 A D
Slipping through my fingers all the time
G D
Do I really see what's in her mind
F#m Em
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
G D
She keeps on growing
Asus4 A D
Slipping through my fingers all the time
[Post-Chorus]
G A D F#
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
G A D D/F#
And save it from the funny tricks of time Slipping through
G A D
my fingers
[Solo]
G - | D - F#m - | Em - - G | D - Asus4 A |
| D - G - | D - F#m - | Em - - G | D - Asus4 A |
| D - - - |
[Outro]
G
Schoolbag in hand,
Gm D
she leaves home in the early morning
G Gm D F#sus2
Waving goodbye with an absentminded smile
[Verse 1]
| G - Gm - | D - - - | G - Gm - | D - F#m - |
| - - G - | Gm - D - | - F#m7 G - | A - Dsus4 - |
| D -
Schoolbag in hand,
she leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absentminded smile
I watch her go with a surge of that well known sadness
And I have to sit down for a while
[Pre-Chorus]
G - | A/C# - D - | F# - G - | A - D - |
| - F#m7 G - | A - D - | A - Dsus4 - | D -
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]
G - |
| D - F#m - | Em - - G | D - Asus4 A | D - G - |
| D - F#m - | Em - - G | D - Asus4 A | Dsus4 - D - |
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]
| G - Gm - | D - - - | G - Gm - | D - F#m - |
| - - G - | Gm - D - | - D/F# G - | A - Dsus4 - |
| D -
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 odd melancholy feeling
And a sense of guilt I can't deny
[Pre-Chorus]
G - | A/C# - D - | F# - G - | A - D - |
| - D/F# G - | A - D - | A - Dsus4 - | D -
What happened to the 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]
G - |
| D - F#m - | Em - - G | D - Asus4 A | D - G - |
| D - F#m - | Em - - G | D - Asus4 A | D -
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
[Post-Chorus]
G - |
| A - D - | F# - G - | A - D D/F# | G A D - |
| - -
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
And save it from the funny tricks of time Slipping through
my fingers
[Solo]
G - | D - F#m - | Em - - G | D - Asus4 A |
| D - G - | D - F#m - | Em - - G | D - Asus4 A |
| D - - - |
[Outro]
| G Gm | D - | G Gm |
| D F#sus2 |
Schoolbag in hand,
she leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absentminded smile
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