Huynh Nguyen
Well-Known Member
1. [F] Schoolbag in [Fm] hand, she leaves [C] home in the [Em] early morning
[F] Waving good-[Fm] bye with an [C] absent-minded [Em] smile
[F] I watch her [F#m] go with a [C] surge of that [Em] well-known sadness
[F] And I have to [G] sit down for a [C] while
The [F] feeling that I'm [G] losing her for-[C] ever [Em]
And [F] without really [G] entering her [C] world
[F] I'm glad whenever [G] I can share her [C] laughter
That [G] funny little [C] girl
Chorus: [F] Slipping through my [G] fingers all the [C] time
I try to [Em] capture every [Dm] minute
The feeling in [C] it
Slipping through my [G] fingers all the [C] time
Do I really see [F] what's in her [C] mind
Each time I [Em] think I'm close to [Dm] knowing
She keeps on [C] growing
Slipping through my [G] fingers all the [C] time
2. [F] Sleep in our [Fm] eyes, her and [C] me at the [Em] breakfast table
[F] Barely a-[Fm] wake, I let [C] precious time go [Em] by
[F] Then when she's [Fm] gone there's that [C] odd melancholy [Em] feeling
[F] And a sense of [G] guilt I can't de-[C] ny
What [F] happened to the [G] wonderful ad-[C] ventures
The [F] places I [G] had planned for us to [C] go
(Slipping through my fingers all the time)
[F] Well, some of that we [G] did but most we [C] didn't
[G] And why I just don't [C] know
Chorus: [F] Slipping through my [G] fingers all the [C] time
I try to [Em] capture every [Dm] minute
The feeling in [C] it
Slipping through my [G] fingers all the [C] time
Do I really see [F] what's in her [C] mind
Each time I [Em] think I'm close to [Dm] knowing
She keeps on [C] growing
Slipping through my [G] fingers all the [C] time
Bridge: [F] Sometimes I wish that I [G] could freeze the [C] picture [Em]
[F] And save it from the [G] funny tricks of [C] time
[F] Slipping through my [G] fingers
[F] Slipping through my [G] fingers all the time
[F] Schoolbag in[Fm] hand [C] she leaves home in the [Em] early morning
[F] Waving good-[Fm] bye with an [C] absent-minded [Em] smile
[F] Waving good-[Fm] bye with an [C] absent-minded [Em] smile
[F] I watch her [F#m] go with a [C] surge of that [Em] well-known sadness
[F] And I have to [G] sit down for a [C] while
The [F] feeling that I'm [G] losing her for-[C] ever [Em]
And [F] without really [G] entering her [C] world
[F] I'm glad whenever [G] I can share her [C] laughter
That [G] funny little [C] girl
Chorus: [F] Slipping through my [G] fingers all the [C] time
I try to [Em] capture every [Dm] minute
The feeling in [C] it
Slipping through my [G] fingers all the [C] time
Do I really see [F] what's in her [C] mind
Each time I [Em] think I'm close to [Dm] knowing
She keeps on [C] growing
Slipping through my [G] fingers all the [C] time
2. [F] Sleep in our [Fm] eyes, her and [C] me at the [Em] breakfast table
[F] Barely a-[Fm] wake, I let [C] precious time go [Em] by
[F] Then when she's [Fm] gone there's that [C] odd melancholy [Em] feeling
[F] And a sense of [G] guilt I can't de-[C] ny
What [F] happened to the [G] wonderful ad-[C] ventures
The [F] places I [G] had planned for us to [C] go
(Slipping through my fingers all the time)
[F] Well, some of that we [G] did but most we [C] didn't
[G] And why I just don't [C] know
Chorus: [F] Slipping through my [G] fingers all the [C] time
I try to [Em] capture every [Dm] minute
The feeling in [C] it
Slipping through my [G] fingers all the [C] time
Do I really see [F] what's in her [C] mind
Each time I [Em] think I'm close to [Dm] knowing
She keeps on [C] growing
Slipping through my [G] fingers all the [C] time
Bridge: [F] Sometimes I wish that I [G] could freeze the [C] picture [Em]
[F] And save it from the [G] funny tricks of [C] time
[F] Slipping through my [G] fingers
[F] Slipping through my [G] fingers all the time
[F] Schoolbag in[Fm] hand [C] she leaves home in the [Em] early morning
[F] Waving good-[Fm] bye with an [C] absent-minded [Em] smile