Slipping Through My Fingers - Meryl Streep & Amanda Seyfried (Lyrics) Chords
Tempo:
69.85 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
F#m
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
School [Gm] bag in hand, [D] she leaves home in the early morning
[G]
Waving goodbye with an absent [F#m]-minded smile
[G] I [Gm] watch her go with [D] a surge of that well-known [G] sadness
And [A] I have to sit [D] down for a while
[G] The feeling [A] that I'm losing [D] her forever
[F#]
[G] And without [A] really [D] entering her world
[G] I'm glad [A] whenever I can [D] share her laughter
That funny little girl
[G] Slipping through my fingers [D] all the time
I [F#m] try to capture [Em] every minute
The [D] feeling in it
[A] Slipping through my 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 going
[A] Slipping through my 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
[D] I can't deny
[G] What happened [A] through 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, [D] I just don't know
[G] Slipping through my fingers [D] all the time
I [F#m] try to capture [Em] every minute
The [D] feeling in it
Slipping [A] through my 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 going
Slipping [A] through my fingers [D] all the time
[G] Sometimes I [A] wish 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]
[G] [D] [F#m] [Em]
[D] [A] [D]
[G] School [Gm] bag in hand
[D] She leaves home in the early [G] morning [Gm] Waving goodbye
[D] With an absent-minded smile
[D] [C#]
[G]
Waving goodbye with an absent [F#m]-minded smile
[G] I [Gm] watch her go with [D] a surge of that well-known [G] sadness
And [A] I have to sit [D] down for a while
[G] The feeling [A] that I'm losing [D] her forever
[F#]
[G] And without [A] really [D] entering her world
[G] I'm glad [A] whenever I can [D] share her laughter
That funny little girl
[G] Slipping through my fingers [D] all the time
I [F#m] try to capture [Em] every minute
The [D] feeling in it
[A] Slipping through my 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 going
[A] Slipping through my 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
[D] I can't deny
[G] What happened [A] through 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, [D] I just don't know
[G] Slipping through my fingers [D] all the time
I [F#m] try to capture [Em] every minute
The [D] feeling in it
Slipping [A] through my 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 going
Slipping [A] through my fingers [D] all the time
[G] Sometimes I [A] wish 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]
[G] [D] [F#m] [Em]
[D] [A] [D]
[G] School [Gm] bag in hand
[D] She leaves home in the early [G] morning [Gm] Waving goodbye
[D] With an absent-minded smile
[D] [C#]
Key:
D
G
A
F#m
Gm
D
G
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ School [Gm] bag in hand, [D] she leaves home in the early morning
[G]
Waving goodbye with an absent [F#m]-minded smile _
[G] I [Gm] watch her go with [D] a surge of that well-known [G] sadness
And [A] I have to sit [D] down for a while
[G] The feeling [A] that I'm losing [D] her forever
[F#] _
[G] And without [A] really [D] entering her world _
[G] I'm glad [A] whenever I can [D] share her laughter
That funny little girl
_ [G] Slipping through my fingers [D] all the time
I [F#m] try to capture [Em] every minute
The [D] feeling in it
[A] Slipping through my 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 going
[A] Slipping through my 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
[D] I can't deny
[G] What happened [A] through 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, [D] I just don't know
[G] Slipping through my fingers [D] all the time
I [F#m] try to capture [Em] every minute
The [D] feeling in it
Slipping [A] through my 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 going
Slipping [A] through my fingers [D] all the time
[G] Sometimes I [A] wish 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] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] School [Gm] bag in hand
[D] She leaves home in the early [G] morning [Gm] Waving goodbye
[D] With an absent-minded smile
[D] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[G]
Waving goodbye with an absent [F#m]-minded smile _
[G] I [Gm] watch her go with [D] a surge of that well-known [G] sadness
And [A] I have to sit [D] down for a while
[G] The feeling [A] that I'm losing [D] her forever
[F#] _
[G] And without [A] really [D] entering her world _
[G] I'm glad [A] whenever I can [D] share her laughter
That funny little girl
_ [G] Slipping through my fingers [D] all the time
I [F#m] try to capture [Em] every minute
The [D] feeling in it
[A] Slipping through my 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 going
[A] Slipping through my 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
[D] I can't deny
[G] What happened [A] through 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, [D] I just don't know
[G] Slipping through my fingers [D] all the time
I [F#m] try to capture [Em] every minute
The [D] feeling in it
Slipping [A] through my 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 going
Slipping [A] through my fingers [D] all the time
[G] Sometimes I [A] wish 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] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] School [Gm] bag in hand
[D] She leaves home in the early [G] morning [Gm] Waving goodbye
[D] With an absent-minded smile
[D] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _