Slipping through my fingers Abba [Bb] Schoolbag in [Bbm] hand she leaves [F] home in the early morning [Bb] Waving good[Bbm]bye with an [F] absent minded [Asus4] smile [Bb] I watch her [Bbm] go with a [F] surge of that well known sadness [Bb] And I have to [C] sit down for a [C7sus4] while [F] The [Bb] feeling that I'm [C] losing her for[F]ever [A] And [Bb] without really [C] entering her [F] world I'm [Bb] glad whenever [C] I can share her [F] laughter That [C] funny little [C7sus4] girl [F] Chorus: Slipping through my [Gm7] fingers all the [F] time I try to [Am] capture every [Gm] minute the feeling [F] in it Slipping through my [Csus4] fingers [C] all the [F] time Do I really [Csus4] see what's [C] in her [F] mind Each time I [Am] think I'm close to [Gm] knowing She keeps on [F] growing Slipping through my [Csus4] fingers [C] all the [F] time [Bb] Sleep in our [Bbm] eyes her and [F] me at the breakfast table [Bb] Barely a[Bbm]wake I let [F] precious time go [Asus4] by [Bb] Then when she's [Bbm] gone there's that [F] odd melancholy feeling [Bb] And a sense of [C] guilt I can't den[C7sus4]y [F] What [Bb] happened to the [C] wonderful ad[F]ventures [A] The [Bb] places I had [C] planned for us to [F] go Well [Bb] some of that we [C] did but most we [F] didn't And [C] why I just don't [C7sus4] know [F] Chorus: Some[Bb]times I wish that [C] I could freeze the [F] picture [A] And [Bb] save it from the [C] funny tricks of [F] time Slipping through my [Bb] fingers [C].... Instrumental chorus: [Bb] Schoolbag in [Bbm] hand she leaves [F] home in the early morning [Bb] Waving good[Bbm]bye with an [F] absent minded [Asus4] smile