Chords for Ethan Hodges - Slipping Through My Fingers (Lyrics)

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