Slipping Through My Fingers
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Schoolbag in hand
She leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye
With an absent-minded smile
I watch her go
With a surge of that well-known sadness
And I have to sit down for a while
The feeling that I'm loosing her forever
And without really entering her world
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter, that funny little girl
Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Sleep in our eyes
Her and me at the breakfast table
Barely awake
I let precious time go by
Then when she's gone
There's that odd melancholy feeling
And a sense of guilt I can't deny
What happened to the wonderful adventures
The places I had planned for us to go (slipping through my fingers all the time)
Well some of that we did
But most we didn't
And why I just don't know
Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
And save it from the funny tricks of time
Slipping through my fingers
Schoolbag in hand
She leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
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Readable chord sheet for Slipping Through My Fingers by ABBA
[G]Schoolbag in han[Gm]d She leaves h[D]ome in the e[F#m]arly morning [G]Waving g[Gm]oodbye With an [D]absent-minded sm[F#m]ile [G]I watch her [Abm]go With a s[D]urge of that wel[F#m]l-known sadness [G]And I have to si[A]t down for a whi[Dsus4]le [D] The [G]feeling that I'm loo[A]sing her forever[D] [F#] [G]And without really enter[A]ing her wor[D]ld [G]I'm glad whenever I[A] can share her laught[D]er, that fun[A]ny little gi[Dsus4]rl [D] [G]Slipping through my fing[A]ers all the time[D] I try to c[F#m]apture[Em] every minute The feeling [D]in it Slipping through my fing[A]ers all the time[Dsus4] [D] Do I really see [G]what's in her mi[D]nd Each time I thin[F#m]k I'm close to k[Em]nowing She keeps on gro[D]wing Slipping through my fing[A]ers all the time[Dsus4] [D] [G]Sleep in our eye[Gm]s Her and [D]me at th[F#m]e breakfast table [G]Barely a[Gm]wake [D]I let precious time go b[F#m]y [G]Then when she's [Gm]gone There's that odd[D] melanch[F#m]oly feeling [G]And a sense of g[A]uilt I can't den[Dsus4]y [D] What hap[G]pened to the won[A]derful a[D]dventures The plac[G]es I had[A] planned for us to g[D]o (slipping through my fingers all the time) [G]Well some of that we did[A] But most we didn[D]'t [A]And why I just don't kno[Dsus4]w [D] [G]Slipping through my fing[A]ers all the time[D] I try to c[F#m]apture[Em] every minute The feeling [D]in it Slipping through my fing[A]ers all the time[Dsus4] [D] Do I really see [G]what's in her mi[D]nd Each time I thin[F#m]k I'm close to k[Em]nowing She keeps on gro[D]wing Slipping through my fing[A]ers all the time[Dsus4] [D] [G]Sometimes I wish that I [A]could freeze the picture[D] [F#m] [G]And save it from the fun[A]ny tricks of tim[D]e [G]Slipping through my fing[A]ers [G]Schoolbag in han[Gm]d [D]She leaves home in the e[F#m]arly morning [G]Waving g[Gm]oodbye with an a[D]bsent-minded smi[F#m]le