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