Abba – Slipping Through My Fingers

Guitar chords and lyrics of Slipping Through My Fingers by Abba
Published 1981
Original key Bb

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Capo at third fret

 

G               Gm
Schoolbag in hand

            D           F#m
She leaves home in the early morning

G       Gm
Waving goodbye

        D               F#m
With an absent-minded smile

G           Gm
I watch her go

        D               F#m
With a surge of that well-known sadness

G               A               D
And I have to sit down for a while

 


 

    G                A/C#          D       F#
The feeling that I'm losing her forever

    G              A            D        D/F#
And without really entering her world

    G              A/C#           D              Asus4         Dsus4   D
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter, that funny little girl

 

 
 

                      G             D
Slipping through my fingers all the time

          F#m           Em
I try to capture every minute

     G       D
The feeling in it

                     Asus4  A       D
Slipping through my fingers all the time

             G                D
Do I really see what's in her mind

            F#m                 Em
Each time I think I'm close to knowing

      G        D
She keeps on growing

                      Asus4  A      D
Slipping through my fingers all the time

 


 

G               Gm
Sleep in our eyes

        D       F#m
Her and me at the breakfast table

G       Gm
Barely awake

D                   F#m
I let precious time go by

G               Gm
Then when she's gone

              D        F#m
There's that odd melancholy feeling

G               A             D
And a sense of guilt I can't deny

 


 

        G             A/C#       D       F#
What happened to the wonderful adventures

        G        A                 D  D/F#
The places I had planned for us to go (slipping through my fingers all the time)

G                    A/C#
Well some of that we did

             D
But most we didn't

   Asus4             Dsus4   D
And why I just don't know

 


                      G             D
Slipping through my fingers all the time

          F#m           Em
I try to capture every minute

     G       D
The feeling in it

                     Asus4  A       D
Slipping through my fingers all the time

             G                D
Do I really see what's in her mind

            F#m                 Em
Each time I think I'm close to knowing

      G        D
She keeps on growing

                      Asus4  A      D
Slipping through my fingers all the time

 






 

 

G                      A                  D       F#
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture

G                     A               D
And save it from the funny tricks of time

  D/F#               G   A  D
Slipping through my fingers

 



G D F#m Em G D Asus4 A D
 

G D F#m Em G D                    Asus4           D
              Slipping through my fingers all the time

 


 

G             Gm
Schoolbag in hand

            D          F#m
She leaves home in the early morning

G       Gm              D            F#m
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile



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