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Bb
Schoolbag in
Bbm
hand, she leaves
F
home in the
Am
early
morning
Bb
Waving
good-
Bbm
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
Bb
Sleep in our
Bbm
eyes, her and
F
me at the
Am
breakfast
table
Bb
Barely
a-
Bbm
wake, I let
F
precious time go
Am
by
Bb
Then when she’s
Bbm
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
in
Bbm
hand
F
she leaves home in the
Am
early
morning
Bb
Waving
good-
Bbm
bye with an
F
absent-minded
Am
smile