Chords for Slipping Through My Fingers

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