[Strophe]
G               Gm 
Schoolbag in hand 
            D           F#m 
She leaves home in the early morning 
G       Gm 
Waving goodbye 
        D               F#m 
With an absent-minded smile 
G           Gm 
I watch her go 
        D               F#m 
With a surge of that well-known sadness 
G               A               D 
And I have to sit down for a while
[Pre-Refrain]
    G                A/C#          D       F# 
The feeling that I'm losing her forever 
    G              A            D        D/F# 
And without really entering her world 
    G              A/C#           D              Asus4         Dsus4   D 
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter, that funny little girl
[Refrain]
                      G             D 
Slipping through my fingers all the time 
          F#m           Em 
I try to capture every minute 
     G       D 
The feeling in it 
                     Asus4  A       D 
Slipping through my fingers all the time 
             G                D 
Do I really see what's in her mind 
            F#m                 Em 
Each time I think I'm close to knowing 
      G        D 
She keeps on growing 
                      Asus4  A      D 
Slipping through my fingers all the time
[Strophe]
G               Gm 
Sleep in our eyes 
        D       F#m 
Her and me at the breakfast table 
G       Gm 
Barely awake 
D                   F#m 
I let precious time go by 
G               Gm 
Then when she's gone 
              D        F#m 
There's that odd melancholy feeling 
G               A             D 
And a sense of guilt I can't deny
[Pre-Refrain]
        G             A/C#       D       F# 
What happened to the wonderful adventures 
        G        A                 D  D/F# 
The places I had planned for us to go (slipping through my fingers all the time) 
G                    A/C# 
Well some of that we did 
             D 
But most we didn't 
   Asus4             Dsus4   D 
And why I just don't know
[Refrain]
                      G             D 
Slipping through my fingers all the time 
          F#m           Em 
I try to capture every minute 
     G       D 
The feeling in it 
                     Asus4  A       D 
Slipping through my fingers all the time 
             G                D 
Do I really see what's in her mind 
            F#m                 Em 
Each time I think I'm close to knowing 
      G        D 
She keeps on growing 
                      Asus4  A      D 
Slipping through my fingers all the time
[Strophe]
G                      A                  D       F# 
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture 
G                     A               D 
And save it from the funny tricks of time 
  D/F#               G   A  D 
Slipping through my fingers
[Solo]
G D F#m Em G D Asus4 A D
G D F#m Em G D                    Asus4           D 
              Slipping through my fingers all the time
[Outro]
G             Gm 
Schoolbag in hand 
            D          F#m 
She leaves home in the early morning 
G       Gm              D            F#m 
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile