ABBA - Slipping Through My Fingers

slipping through my fingers abba

verse1
G Gm
schoolbag in hand
D F#m
she leaves home in the early morning
G Gm
waving goodbye
D F#m
with an absent – minded smile
G G#m
i watch her go
D F#m
with a surge of that well – known sadness
G A Dsus4 D
and i have to sit down for a while
G A D F#
the feeling that i’m loosing her forever
G A D
and without really entering her world
G A D A Dsus4 D
i’m glad whenever i can share her laughter , that funny little girl

chorus :
G A D
slipping through my fingers all the time
F#m Em
i try to capture every minute
D
the feeling in it
A Dsus4 D
slipping through my fingers all the time
G D
do i really see what’s in her mind
F#m Em
each time i think i’m close to knowing
D
she keeps on growing
A Dsus4 D
slipping through my fingers all the time

verse2
G Gm
sleep in our eyes
D F#m
her and me at the breakfast table
G Gm
barely awake
D F#m
i let precious time go by
G Gm
then when she’s gone
D F#m
there’s that odd melancholy feeling
G A Dsus4 D
and a sense of guilt i can’t deny
G A D
what happened to the wonderful adventures
G A D
the places i had planned for us to go ( slipping through my fingers all the time )
G A
well some of that we did
D
but most we didn’t
A Dsus4 D
and why i just don’t know

chorus :
G A D
slipping through my fingers all the time
F#m Em
i try to capture every minute
D
the feeling in it
A Dsus4 D
slipping through my fingers all the time
G D
do i really see what’s in her mind
F#m Em
each time i think i’m close to knowing
D
she keeps on growing
A Dsus4 D
slipping through my fingers all the time

G A D F#m
sometimes i wish that i could freeze the picture
G A D
and save it from the funny tricks of time
G A
slipping through my fingers

G Gm
schoolbag in hand
D F#m
she leaves home in the early morning
G Gm D F#m
waving goodbye with an absent – minded smile