A Schoolbag in Am hand,
She leaves E home in the G#m early morning
A Waving good-Am bye
With an E absent-minded G#m smile
A I watch her Am go
With a E surge of that G#m well known sadness
A And I have to B7 sit down for a E while E

The A feeling that I’m B7 losing her for-E ever G#
And A without really B7 entering her E world G#
I’m A glad whenever B7 I can share her E laughter
That B7 funny little E girl

Slipping through my A fingers all the E time
I try to G#m capture every F#m minute
The A feeling E in it
Slipping through my B7 fingers all the E time

Do I really A see what’s in her E mind
Each time I G#m think I’m close to F#m knowing
She A keeps on E growing
Slipping through my B7 fingers all the E time

A Sleep in our Am eyes
Her and E me at the G#m breakfast table
A Barely a-Am wake
I let E precious time go G#m by
A Then when she’s Am gone
There’s that E odd melan-G#m cholyc feeling
A And a sense of B7 guilt I can’t de-E ny E

What A happened to the B7 wonderful ad-E ventures G#
The A places I had B7 planned for us to E go G#
Well, A some of that we B7 did, but most we E didn’t
And B7 why, I just don’t E know

Slipping through my A fingers all the E time
I try to G#m capture every F#m minute
The A feeling E in it
Slipping through my B7 fingers all the E time

Do I really A see what’s in her E mind
Each time I G#m think I’m close to F#m knowing
She A keeps on E growing
Slipping through my B7 fingers all the E time

Some-A times I wish that B7 I could freeze the E picture G#
And A save it from the B7 funny tricks of E time
G#m Slipping through my A fingers B7 E

Solo A E G#m F#m A E B7 E
            A E G#m F#m A E

Slipping through my B7 fingers all the E time

A Schoolbag in Am hand,
She leaves E home in the G#m early morning
A Waving good-Am bye
With an E absent-minded G#m smile