Key: E major•
Intro 1
A
Am
E
B
A
Am
Bsus4
G#m
Verse 1
G#m
A
Am
School bag in hand,
B
E
she leaves home in the early morning
A
Am
Waving goodbye with an
Bsus4
E
G#m
ab sent -minded smile
A
Am
I watch her go with a surge
E
B
of that well -known sadness
F#m
Bsus4
E
And I have to sit down for a while
A
B
The feeling that I'm losing
E
A
And without truly en
B
G#m
E
tering her world
B
A
B
I'm glad whenever I can
B
E
That funny little girl
F#m
Slipping through my fingers all the time,
E
G#m
F#m
I try to capture every minute,
B
E
the feeling in it
B
E
Slipping through my fingers all the time,
Bsus4
B
do I really see what's in her mind?
E
B
Each time I think I'm
B
E
she keeps on growing
E
Bsus4
all the time
A
Am
Sleep in our eyes, her and me
E
B
At the breakfast table
Am
B
G#m
I let precious time go by
Am
E
B
There's that old melancholy feeling
Bsus4
B
E
guilt I can't deny
A
B
What happened to the won
E
A
B
G#m
E
The places I had planned for us to go
A
B
Well, some of that we did,
B
E
And why, I just don't know
E
G#m
F#m
I try to capture every minute
B
E
And the feeling in it
E
B
Do I really see what's in her mind
E
G#m
F#m
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
A
B
E
She keeps on growing
B
G#m
could freeze the picture
E
A
B
And save it from the funny tricks of time
E
B
E
B
E
G#m
Slipping through my fingers
F#m
B
E
B
E
B
A
Am
A
Am
Adim
A
school bag in hand
Am
E
B
E
she leaves home in the early morning
A
Am
B
waving goodbye with an absent -minded
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA Am E B Bsus4...
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