
slipping through my fingers
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Tom: E (com forma de E)
Capotraste: 1ª casa
A Am
Schoolbag in hand
E C#m
She leaves home in the early morning
A Am
Waving goodbye
E G#m
With an absent-minded smile
A Am
I watch her go
E C#m
With a surge of that well-known sadness
A B E
And I have to sit down for a while
A B E G#
The feeling that I'm loosing her forever
A B E
And without really entering her world
A B/D# E
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter
B E4 E
That funny little girl
[Refrão]
A6 E
Slipping through my fingers all the time
G#m F#m
I try to capture every minute
E
The feeling in it
B4 E
Slipping through my fingers all the time
A6 E
Do I really see what's in her mind
G#m F#m
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
[Próxima Parte]
A E
She keeps on growing
B E
Slipping through my fingers all the time
A Am
Sleep in our eyes
E C#m
Her and me at the breakfast table
A Am
Barely awake
E G#m
I let precious time go by
A Am
Then when she's gone
E C#m
There's that odd melancholy feeling
A B
And a sense of guilt
E
I can't deny
A B E G#
What happened to the wonderful adventures
A B E
The places I had planned for us to go
(Slipping through my fingers all the time)
A B
Well some of that we did
E
But most we didn't
B E
And why I just don't know
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Próxima Parte]
A E
She keeps on growing
B E
Slipping through my fingers all the time
A B E G#
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
A B E
And save it from the funny tricks of time
( E/G# ) A B E
Slipping through my fingers
[Solo]
A Am
Schoolbag in hand
E C#m
She leaves home in the early morning
A Am
Waving goodbye
E G#m
With an absent-minded smile
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Detected progression: A → Am → E → C#m → A → Am → E → G#m
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