C         Cm               G           Bm
Schoolbag in hand, 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  C  G
 And I have to sit down for a while

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

    G                C               G
Slipping through my fingers all the time
            Bm          Am
I try to capture every minute
      C         G
The feeling in it
    G                 D              G
Slipping through my fingers all the time

     G       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
    G                 D              G   C G
Slipping through my fingers all the time

C           Cm
Sleep in our eyes
       G         Bm
Her and me at the breakfast table
C       Cm           Em               B
 Barely awake, I let precious time go by

C               Cm
 Then when she's gone
              G        Bm
There's that odd melancholy feeling
C                 D            G  C  G
 And a sense of guilt I can't deny

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

    G                C               G
Slipping through my fingers all the time
            Bm          Am
I try to capture every minute
      C         G
The feeling in it
    G                 D              G
Slipping through my fingers all the time


     G       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
    G                 D              G  C  G
Slipping through my fingers all the time

  C
Sometimes I wish
       D                G      B
That I could freeze the picture
    C                Cm               G
And save it from the funny tricks of time
B                      C       G
  Slipping through my fingers

( Bm  Am  C  G )
( G  C  G  C  G )
( Bm  Am  C  G )
( G  C  G  C  G  )

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