Slipping Through My Fingers (From 'Mamma Mia!' Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Chords
Tempo:
70.075 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
F#m
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] School bag [Gm] in hand, she [D] leaves home in the early [F#m] [G] morning
Waving goodbye [D] with an absent-minded [F#m]
smile
I [G] watch [Gm] her go [D] with a surge of that well-known [G] sadness
And I have [A] to sit down [E] for a [D] while
[G] The feeling that [A] I'm losing her [D]
forever
[F#] And [G] without [A] really entering her [D]
world
I'm [G] glad whenever [A] I can share [D] her laughter
[A] That sunny little [E] [D] girl
Slipping through [G] my fingers all [D] the time
I try [F#m] to capture every [Em] minute
[G] The feeling [D] in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I [G] really see what's in [D] her mind?
Each time [F#m] I think how close [Em] to knowing
She keeps [D] on growing
Slipping through my fingers [A] all [D] the time
[G] Sleep in [Gm] our eyes
[D] Her and me at the breakfast [G] table
[Gm] Barely awake
I [D] let precious time [F#m] go by
[G] Then when [Gm] she's gone
There's [D] that odd melancholy feeling
[G] And the sense [A] of guilt I [G] can't deny
[D] [G] What happened to [A] those wonderful [D]
adventures?
[F#] [G] The places I [A] had planned for us to [D]
go
Well, [G] some of that [A] we did
But [D] most we didn't
[A] And why, I [G] just don't know
[D] Slipping [G] through my fingers all [D] the time
I try [F#m] to capture every [Em] minute
[G] The [D] feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers [A] all [D] the time
Do I [G] really see what's in [D] her mind?
Each time [F#m] I think how close [Em] to knowing
She keeps [D] on growing
Slipping through my fingers [A] all [D] the time
[G] Sometimes I wish [A] that I could [D] freeze the picture
[F#] And [G] save it [A] from the funny tricks of [D] time
Slipping [G] through my [D] fingers
[G] [D] School [F#m]
[Em] [G] [D]
[D] [G] [D] [F#m]
[Em] [G] [D]
[A] [D] [G] bag in hand
[D] She leaves home in the early [G] morning [Gm] Waving goodbye
[D] With an absent-minded smile
[C#]
Waving goodbye [D] with an absent-minded [F#m]
smile
I [G] watch [Gm] her go [D] with a surge of that well-known [G] sadness
And I have [A] to sit down [E] for a [D] while
[G] The feeling that [A] I'm losing her [D]
forever
[F#] And [G] without [A] really entering her [D]
world
I'm [G] glad whenever [A] I can share [D] her laughter
[A] That sunny little [E] [D] girl
Slipping through [G] my fingers all [D] the time
I try [F#m] to capture every [Em] minute
[G] The feeling [D] in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I [G] really see what's in [D] her mind?
Each time [F#m] I think how close [Em] to knowing
She keeps [D] on growing
Slipping through my fingers [A] all [D] the time
[G] Sleep in [Gm] our eyes
[D] Her and me at the breakfast [G] table
[Gm] Barely awake
I [D] let precious time [F#m] go by
[G] Then when [Gm] she's gone
There's [D] that odd melancholy feeling
[G] And the sense [A] of guilt I [G] can't deny
[D] [G] What happened to [A] those wonderful [D]
adventures?
[F#] [G] The places I [A] had planned for us to [D]
go
Well, [G] some of that [A] we did
But [D] most we didn't
[A] And why, I [G] just don't know
[D] Slipping [G] through my fingers all [D] the time
I try [F#m] to capture every [Em] minute
[G] The [D] feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers [A] all [D] the time
Do I [G] really see what's in [D] her mind?
Each time [F#m] I think how close [Em] to knowing
She keeps [D] on growing
Slipping through my fingers [A] all [D] the time
[G] Sometimes I wish [A] that I could [D] freeze the picture
[F#] And [G] save it [A] from the funny tricks of [D] time
Slipping [G] through my [D] fingers
[G] [D] School [F#m]
[Em] [G] [D]
[D] [G] [D] [F#m]
[Em] [G] [D]
[A] [D] [G] bag in hand
[D] She leaves home in the early [G] morning [Gm] Waving goodbye
[D] With an absent-minded smile
[C#]
Key:
D
G
A
F#m
Gm
D
G
A
[G] School bag [Gm] in hand, she [D] leaves home in the early [F#m] [G] morning
Waving goodbye [D] with an absent-minded [F#m]
smile
I [G] watch [Gm] her go [D] with a surge of that well-known [G] sadness
And I have [A] to sit down [E] for a [D] while
[G] The feeling that [A] I'm losing her [D]
forever
[F#] And [G] without [A] really entering her [D]
world
I'm [G] glad whenever [A] I can share [D] her laughter
[A] That sunny little [E] _ [D] girl
Slipping through [G] my fingers all [D] the time
I try [F#m] to capture every [Em] minute
[G] The feeling [D] in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I [G] really see what's in [D] her mind?
Each time [F#m] I think how close [Em] to knowing
She keeps [D] on growing
Slipping through my fingers [A] all [D] the time _
[G] Sleep in [Gm] our eyes
[D] Her and me at the breakfast [G] table
[Gm] Barely awake
I [D] let precious time [F#m] go by
[G] Then when [Gm] she's gone
There's [D] that odd melancholy feeling
[G] And the sense [A] of guilt I [G] can't deny
[D] _ [G] What happened to [A] those wonderful [D]
adventures?
[F#] _ [G] The places I [A] had planned for us to [D]
go
Well, [G] some of that [A] we did
But [D] most we didn't
[A] And why, I [G] just don't know
[D] Slipping [G] through my fingers all [D] the time
I try [F#m] to capture every [Em] minute
[G] The [D] feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers [A] all [D] the time
Do I [G] really see what's in [D] her mind?
Each time [F#m] I think how close [Em] to knowing
She keeps [D] on growing
Slipping through my fingers [A] all [D] the time
[G] Sometimes I wish [A] that I could [D] freeze the picture
[F#] And [G] save it [A] from the funny tricks of [D] time
Slipping [G] through my [D] fingers _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] School [F#m] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ bag in hand
[D] She leaves home in the early [G] morning [Gm] Waving goodbye
[D] With an absent-minded smile
_ [C#] _ _
Waving goodbye [D] with an absent-minded [F#m]
smile
I [G] watch [Gm] her go [D] with a surge of that well-known [G] sadness
And I have [A] to sit down [E] for a [D] while
[G] The feeling that [A] I'm losing her [D]
forever
[F#] And [G] without [A] really entering her [D]
world
I'm [G] glad whenever [A] I can share [D] her laughter
[A] That sunny little [E] _ [D] girl
Slipping through [G] my fingers all [D] the time
I try [F#m] to capture every [Em] minute
[G] The feeling [D] in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I [G] really see what's in [D] her mind?
Each time [F#m] I think how close [Em] to knowing
She keeps [D] on growing
Slipping through my fingers [A] all [D] the time _
[G] Sleep in [Gm] our eyes
[D] Her and me at the breakfast [G] table
[Gm] Barely awake
I [D] let precious time [F#m] go by
[G] Then when [Gm] she's gone
There's [D] that odd melancholy feeling
[G] And the sense [A] of guilt I [G] can't deny
[D] _ [G] What happened to [A] those wonderful [D]
adventures?
[F#] _ [G] The places I [A] had planned for us to [D]
go
Well, [G] some of that [A] we did
But [D] most we didn't
[A] And why, I [G] just don't know
[D] Slipping [G] through my fingers all [D] the time
I try [F#m] to capture every [Em] minute
[G] The [D] feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers [A] all [D] the time
Do I [G] really see what's in [D] her mind?
Each time [F#m] I think how close [Em] to knowing
She keeps [D] on growing
Slipping through my fingers [A] all [D] the time
[G] Sometimes I wish [A] that I could [D] freeze the picture
[F#] And [G] save it [A] from the funny tricks of [D] time
Slipping [G] through my [D] fingers _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] School [F#m] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ bag in hand
[D] She leaves home in the early [G] morning [Gm] Waving goodbye
[D] With an absent-minded smile
_ [C#] _ _
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