ABBA - Slipping Through My Fingers

Capo: 3rd fret

[Verse 1]
Em G D
Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in
Bm7
the early morning
Em G D Bm7
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
Em G D
I watch her go with a surge of that
Bm7
well-known sadness
E A7 D
And I have to sit down for a while

[Pre-Chorus]
Em A7
The feeling that I’m losing her
D D7
forever
Em A7 D D7
And without really entering her world
Em A7
I’m glad whenever I can share
D
her laughter
A D
That funny little girl

[Chorus]
Em7 D
Slipping through my fingers all the time
A E
I try to capture every minute
E7 D
The feeling in it
Em7 D
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Em7 D
Do I really see what’s in her mind?
A E
Each time I think I’m close to knowing
E7 D
She keeps on growing
Em7 D
Slipping through my fingers all the time

[Verse 2]
Em G D Bm7
Sleep in our eyes, her and me at the breakfast table
Em G D Bm7
Barely awake, I let precious time go by
Em G D Bm7
Then when she’s gone, there’s that odd melancholy feeling
E A7 D
And a sense of guilt I can’t deny

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Em A7 D D7
What happened to those wonderful adventures
Em A7 D D7
The places I had planned for us to go
Em A7 D
Well, some of that we did, but most we didn’t
A D
And why, I just don’t know

[Chorus]
Em7 D
Slipping through my fingers all the time
A E
I try to capture every minute
E7 D
The feeling in it
Em7 D
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Em7 D
Do I really see what’s in her mind?
A E
Each time I think I’m close to knowing
E7 D
She keeps on growing
Em7 D
Slipping through my fingers all the time

[Bridge]
Em A7 D D7
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
Em A7 D
And save it from the funny tricks of time
A7
Slipping through my fingers

Em7 D A E E7 D Em7 D Em7 D A E E7 D Em7 D

[Verse 3]
Em G D
Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in
Bm7
the early morning
Em G D Bm7
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile