Slipping Through My Fingers

Slipping through my fingers – Abba Verse1 Gm Schoolbag in hand F#m She leaves home in the early morning Gm Waving goodbye F#m With an absent-minded smile G#m I watch her go F#m With a surge of that well-known sadness D And I have to sit down for a while F# The feeling that I'm loosing her forever D And without really entering her world D I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter, that funny little girl

Chorus: D Slipping through my fingers all the time Em I try to capture every minute D The feeling in it D Slipping through my fingers all the time D Do I really see what's in her mind Em Each time I think I'm close to knowing D She keeps on growing D Slipping through my fingers all the time Verse2 Gm Sleep in our eyes F#m Her and me at the breakfast table Gm Barely awake F#m I let precious time go by Gm Then when she's gone F#m There's that odd melancholy feeling D And a sense of guilt I can't deny D What happened to the wonderful adventures D The places I had planned for us to go (slipping through my fingers all the time) A Well some of that we did D But most we didn't D And why I just don't know Chorus: D Slipping through my fingers all the time Em I try to capture every minute D The feeling in it D Slipping through my fingers all the time D Do I really see what's in her mind Em Each time I think I'm close to knowing D She keeps on growing D Slipping through my fingers all the time F#m Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture D And save it from the funny tricks of time A Slipping through my fingers Gm Schoolbag in hand F#m She leaves home in the early morning F#m Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile