“SLIPPING THROUGH MY FINGERS” by ABBA

[Verse 1]
F            Fm               C           Em
Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning
F      Fm              C             Em
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
F           Fm        C             Em
I watch her go with a surge of that well-known sadness
F             G              C
And I have to sit down for a while
 
[Pre-Chorus]
F                    G         C       E
The feeling that I'm losing her forever
F                  G            C      E
And without really entering her world
F                 G           C
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter
G                 C
That funny little girl
 
[Chorus]
C                   F               C
Slipping through my fingers all the time
         Em            Dm
I try to capture every minute
F           C
The feeling in it
C                   G               C
Slipping through my fingers all the time
            F                 C
Do I really see what's in her mind?
            Em                 Dm
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
    F        C
She keeps on growing
                    G               C
Slipping through my fingers all the time
 
[Verse 2]
F            Fm            C         Em
Sleep in our eyes, her and me at the breakfast table
F     Fm            C                Em
Barely awake, I let precious time go by
F               Fm                 C         Em
Then when she's gone, there's that odd melancholy feeling
      F            G         C
And a sense of guilt I can't deny
 
[Pre-Chorus]
F                   G         C           E
What happened to the wonderful adventures
F                G              C       E
The places I had planned for us to go?
(Slipping through my fingers all the time)
F                     G               C
Well, some of that we did but most we didn't
G                     C
And why? I just don't know
 
[Chorus]
C                   F               C
Slipping through my fingers all the time
         Em           Dm
I try to capture every minute
F           C
The feeling in it
                    G               C
Slipping through my fingers all the time
            F                C
Do I really see what's in her mind?
            Em                 Dm
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
F            C
She keeps on growing
                    G               C
Slipping through my fingers all the time
 
[Outro]
F                     G                  C
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
    F                Fm6             C       E
And save it from the funny tricks of time
                      Em7/G
Slipping through my fingers
 
| F   | Fm6 | C   | E   | Dm F | Fm  | Am  | G   |
| F   | Fm  | C   | Em  | F    | G   | C   | C   |

source: leahxpugh