[Verse 1] C Cm G Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in Bm the early morning C Cm G Waving goodbye with an absent-minded Bm smile C Cm G I watch her go with A surge of that Bm well-known sadness C D G And I have to sit down for A while [Pre-Chorus] C D The feeling that I'm losing her G G B forever C D G And without really entering her world G B C D I'm glad whenever I can share her G laughter D Em That funny little girl [Chorus] C Slipping through my fingers all the G time D C6 I try to capture every minute C G The feeling in it D Slipping through my fingers all the G time C G Do I really see what's in her mind? D Each time I think I'm close to C6 knowing C G She keeps on growing D Slipping through my fingers all the G time [Verse 2] C Cm G Sleep in our eyes, her and me at the Bm breakfast table C Cm G Barely awake, I let precious time go Bm by C Cm Then when she's gone, there's that G Bm odd melancholy feeling C D G And A sense of guilt I can't deny [Pre-Chorus] C D What happened to the wonderful G B adventures C D The places I had planned for us to G B go? (Slipping through my fingers all the time) C D Well, some of that we did, but most G we didn't D Em And why, I just don't know [Chorus] C Slipping through my fingers all the G time D C6 I try to capture every minute C G The feeling in it D Slipping through my fingers all the G time C G Do I really see what's in her mind? D Each time I think I'm close to C6 C knowing G She keeps on growing D Slipping through my fingers all the time [Bridge] C D Sometimes I wish that I could freeze G B the picture C D And save it from the funny tricks of G time G Slipping through my fingers [Outro] C Cm G Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in Bm the early morning C Cm G Waving goodbye with an absent-minded Bm smile