Slipping Through My Fingers chords by ABBA
Verse 1
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Schoolbag in hand,
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Am
she leaves home in the early morning
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Waving goodbye
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Am
with an absent-minded smile
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I watch her go
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with a surge of that well- known sadness
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And I have to sit down for a while
Pre-chorus 1
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The feeling that I'm losing her forever
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And without really entering her world
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I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter
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That funny little girl
Chorus 1
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Slipping through my fingers all the time
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Gm
I try to capture every minute
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The feeling in it
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Slipping through my fingers all the time
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Do I really see what's in her mind
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Each time I think I'm close to knowing
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She keeps on growing
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Slipping through my fingers all the time
Verse 2
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Sleep in our eyes,
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her and me at the breakfast table
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Barely awake
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I let precious time go by
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Then when she's gone,
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there's that odd melancholy feeling
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And a sense of guilt I can't deny
Pre-chorus 2
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What happened to the wonderful adventures
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The places I had planned for us to go
(Slipping through my fingers all...)
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Well, some of that we did but most we didn't
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And why, I just don't know
Chorus 2
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Slipping through my fingers all the time
Am
Gm
I try to capture every minute
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F
The feeling in it
C
F
Slipping through my fingers all the time
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F
Do I really see what's in her mind
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Gm
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
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F
She keeps on growing
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F
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Bridge 1
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Some times I wish
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that I could freeze the picture
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And save it from the funny tricks of time
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Slipping through my fingers
Solo 1
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Gm
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Slipping through my fingers all the time
Verse 3
Bb
Bbm
Schoolbag in hand,
F
Am
she leaves home in the early morning
Bb
Bbm
Waving goodbye
F
Am
with an absent-minded smile
Slipping Through My Fingers
ABBA
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