SLIPPING THROUGH MY FINGERS (ABBA) Mamma Mia +Lyrics Chords
Tempo:
69.8 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Em
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D#m]
[G] School [Gm] bag in hand, [D] she leaves home in [F#m] the early [G] morning
[Gm] Waving goodbye with [D] an absent [F#m]-minded smile
[G] I [Gm] watch her go [D] with a surge of that well-known [G] sadness
And [A] I have to sit down for a [D] while
[G] The feeling [A] that I'm losing [D] her forever
[F#] And [G] without [A] really entering [D] her world
[G] I'm glad [A] whenever I can [D] share her laughter
[A] That funny little [D] girl
[G] Slipping through my fingers [D] all the time
I [F#m] try to capture [Em] every minute
[G] The [D] feeling in it
Slipping through my [A] fingers [D] all the time
[G] Do I really see what's [D] in her mind?
Each [F#m] time I think I'm [Em] close to knowing
She [D] keeps on growing
Slipping through my [A] fingers [D] all the time
[G] Sleep [Gm] in our eyes
[D] Her and me at the breakfast [G] table
[Gm] Barely awake
[D] I let precious [F#m] time go by
[G] Then [Gm] when she's gone
[D] There's that odd melancholy [G] feeling
And the [A] sense of guilt [G] I can't deny
[D] [G] What happened [A] to those wonderful [D] adventures?
[F#] [G] The places [A] I had planned for us [D] to go
[G] Well, some of [A] that we did
But [D] most we didn't
[A] And why, I [G] just don't [D] know
[G] Slipping through my fingers [D] all the time
I try [F#m] to capture [Em] every minute
[G] The [D] feeling in it
Slipping through my [A] fingers [D] all the time
Do [G] I really see what's [D] in her mind?
Each [F#m] time I think I'm [Em] close to knowing
She [D] keeps on growing
Slipping through my [A] fingers [D] all the time
[G] [F#m] [Em]
Do you [G] think I'm letting you down?
Why would you even think that?
Oh, because of what you've done
I mean the [F#] dynamos, [Em] raising a kid
And running a [G] business all on your own
Well, honey, I didn't have a choice
I couldn't go home, you know
When I got pregnant, my mother told [Em] me
Not to bother coming back
[G] And I wouldn't have had it any other way
My God, look at what we've had
Will [Em]
[D] you give me away?
[A]
[D] [G] [Em] Yeah
Sometimes [A] [D] [G] I wish [A] that I could [D] freeze the picture
[F#] And [G] save it [A] from the funny tricks [D] of time
Slipping [G] through my [D] fingers
[G] [D] [F#m]
[Em] [D] [A]
[D] [G] [D] School [F#m]
[Em] [G] [D] [A]
[D] [G] [D] bag in hand
She leaves home in the early [G] morning
[F#] Waving goodbye [D] with an absent-minded [C#] smile
[G] School [Gm] bag in hand, [D] she leaves home in [F#m] the early [G] morning
[Gm] Waving goodbye with [D] an absent [F#m]-minded smile
[G] I [Gm] watch her go [D] with a surge of that well-known [G] sadness
And [A] I have to sit down for a [D] while
[G] The feeling [A] that I'm losing [D] her forever
[F#] And [G] without [A] really entering [D] her world
[G] I'm glad [A] whenever I can [D] share her laughter
[A] That funny little [D] girl
[G] Slipping through my fingers [D] all the time
I [F#m] try to capture [Em] every minute
[G] The [D] feeling in it
Slipping through my [A] fingers [D] all the time
[G] Do I really see what's [D] in her mind?
Each [F#m] time I think I'm [Em] close to knowing
She [D] keeps on growing
Slipping through my [A] fingers [D] all the time
[G] Sleep [Gm] in our eyes
[D] Her and me at the breakfast [G] table
[Gm] Barely awake
[D] I let precious [F#m] time go by
[G] Then [Gm] when she's gone
[D] There's that odd melancholy [G] feeling
And the [A] sense of guilt [G] I can't deny
[D] [G] What happened [A] to those wonderful [D] adventures?
[F#] [G] The places [A] I had planned for us [D] to go
[G] Well, some of [A] that we did
But [D] most we didn't
[A] And why, I [G] just don't [D] know
[G] Slipping through my fingers [D] all the time
I try [F#m] to capture [Em] every minute
[G] The [D] feeling in it
Slipping through my [A] fingers [D] all the time
Do [G] I really see what's [D] in her mind?
Each [F#m] time I think I'm [Em] close to knowing
She [D] keeps on growing
Slipping through my [A] fingers [D] all the time
[G] [F#m] [Em]
Do you [G] think I'm letting you down?
Why would you even think that?
Oh, because of what you've done
I mean the [F#] dynamos, [Em] raising a kid
And running a [G] business all on your own
Well, honey, I didn't have a choice
I couldn't go home, you know
When I got pregnant, my mother told [Em] me
Not to bother coming back
[G] And I wouldn't have had it any other way
My God, look at what we've had
Will [Em]
[D] you give me away?
[A]
[D] [G] [Em] Yeah
Sometimes [A] [D] [G] I wish [A] that I could [D] freeze the picture
[F#] And [G] save it [A] from the funny tricks [D] of time
Slipping [G] through my [D] fingers
[G] [D] [F#m]
[Em] [D] [A]
[D] [G] [D] School [F#m]
[Em] [G] [D] [A]
[D] [G] [D] bag in hand
She leaves home in the early [G] morning
[F#] Waving goodbye [D] with an absent-minded [C#] smile
Key:
D
G
A
Em
F#m
D
G
A
[D#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] School [Gm] bag in hand, [D] she leaves home in [F#m] the early [G] morning
[Gm] Waving goodbye with [D] an absent [F#m]-minded smile
_ _ [G] I [Gm] watch her go [D] with a surge of that well-known [G] sadness
And [A] I have to sit down for a [D] while
[G] The feeling [A] that I'm losing [D] her forever
[F#] And [G] without [A] really entering [D] her world
[G] I'm glad [A] whenever I can [D] share her laughter
[A] That funny little [D] girl
[G] Slipping through my fingers [D] all the time
I [F#m] try to capture [Em] every minute
[G] The [D] feeling in it
Slipping through my [A] fingers [D] all the time
[G] Do I really see what's [D] in her mind?
Each [F#m] time I think I'm [Em] close to knowing
She [D] keeps on growing
Slipping through my [A] fingers [D] all the time _
[G] Sleep [Gm] in our eyes
[D] Her and me at the breakfast [G] table
[Gm] Barely awake
[D] I let precious [F#m] time go by
_ _ [G] Then [Gm] when she's gone
[D] There's that odd melancholy [G] feeling
And the [A] sense of guilt [G] I can't deny
[D] _ [G] What happened [A] to those wonderful [D] adventures?
[F#] _ [G] The places [A] I had planned for us [D] to go
_ [G] Well, some of [A] that we did
But [D] most we didn't
[A] And why, I [G] just don't [D] know
[G] Slipping through my fingers [D] all the time
I try [F#m] to capture [Em] every minute
[G] The [D] feeling in it
Slipping through my [A] fingers [D] all the time
Do [G] I really see what's [D] in her mind?
Each [F#m] time I think I'm [Em] close to knowing
She [D] keeps on growing
Slipping through my [A] fingers [D] all the time _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [Em] _ _
Do you [G] think I'm letting you down?
_ _ _ Why would you even think that?
Oh, because of what you've done
I mean the [F#] dynamos, [Em] raising a kid
And running a [G] business all on your own
Well, honey, I didn't have a choice
I couldn't go home, you know
When I got pregnant, my mother told [Em] me
Not to bother coming back
[G] _ And I wouldn't have had it any other way
My God, look at what we've had
Will _ _ [Em] _
[D] you give me away?
_ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Em] Yeah
Sometimes [A] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] I wish [A] that I could [D] freeze the picture
[F#] And [G] save it [A] from the funny tricks [D] of time
Slipping [G] through my [D] fingers _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ [D] School [F#m] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] bag in hand
She leaves home in the early [G] morning
[F#] Waving goodbye [D] with an absent-minded [C#] smile _ _ _
[G] School [Gm] bag in hand, [D] she leaves home in [F#m] the early [G] morning
[Gm] Waving goodbye with [D] an absent [F#m]-minded smile
_ _ [G] I [Gm] watch her go [D] with a surge of that well-known [G] sadness
And [A] I have to sit down for a [D] while
[G] The feeling [A] that I'm losing [D] her forever
[F#] And [G] without [A] really entering [D] her world
[G] I'm glad [A] whenever I can [D] share her laughter
[A] That funny little [D] girl
[G] Slipping through my fingers [D] all the time
I [F#m] try to capture [Em] every minute
[G] The [D] feeling in it
Slipping through my [A] fingers [D] all the time
[G] Do I really see what's [D] in her mind?
Each [F#m] time I think I'm [Em] close to knowing
She [D] keeps on growing
Slipping through my [A] fingers [D] all the time _
[G] Sleep [Gm] in our eyes
[D] Her and me at the breakfast [G] table
[Gm] Barely awake
[D] I let precious [F#m] time go by
_ _ [G] Then [Gm] when she's gone
[D] There's that odd melancholy [G] feeling
And the [A] sense of guilt [G] I can't deny
[D] _ [G] What happened [A] to those wonderful [D] adventures?
[F#] _ [G] The places [A] I had planned for us [D] to go
_ [G] Well, some of [A] that we did
But [D] most we didn't
[A] And why, I [G] just don't [D] know
[G] Slipping through my fingers [D] all the time
I try [F#m] to capture [Em] every minute
[G] The [D] feeling in it
Slipping through my [A] fingers [D] all the time
Do [G] I really see what's [D] in her mind?
Each [F#m] time I think I'm [Em] close to knowing
She [D] keeps on growing
Slipping through my [A] fingers [D] all the time _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [Em] _ _
Do you [G] think I'm letting you down?
_ _ _ Why would you even think that?
Oh, because of what you've done
I mean the [F#] dynamos, [Em] raising a kid
And running a [G] business all on your own
Well, honey, I didn't have a choice
I couldn't go home, you know
When I got pregnant, my mother told [Em] me
Not to bother coming back
[G] _ And I wouldn't have had it any other way
My God, look at what we've had
Will _ _ [Em] _
[D] you give me away?
_ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Em] Yeah
Sometimes [A] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] I wish [A] that I could [D] freeze the picture
[F#] And [G] save it [A] from the funny tricks [D] of time
Slipping [G] through my [D] fingers _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ [D] School [F#m] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] bag in hand
She leaves home in the early [G] morning
[F#] Waving goodbye [D] with an absent-minded [C#] smile _ _ _