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C Waving goodCmbye with an Emabsent-mindedBm smile
CI watch her Cmgo with a sGurge of that well-known sBmadness
C..And I have Dadd9to sit down Gfor a whGadd11ile.....G.Pre-ChorusThe fCeeling that I'm lDadd9osing her fGorever
And wiCthout really enDadd9tering her worlGd...B.
I'm glCad whenever IDadd9 can share her Glaughter
That fDunny little girGl..Gadd11........G.
ChorusSlipping through my f
Cingers all the t
Gime
I try to
Bmcapture every
Amminute
The feeling
Gin it
Slipping through my fi
Dngers all the t
Gime
Do I r?ally s
Cee what's in her m
Gind?
Each time I th
Bmink I'm close to k
Amnowing
Sh? ke
Ceps on gr
Gowing
Slipping through my fin
Dgers all the
Gtime.
Gadd11.........
G.
Verse 2S
Cleep in our e
Cmyes, her and
Gme at the b
Bmreakfast table
C..Barely a
Cmwake, I let p
Emrecious time go b
By
C..Then when she's g
Cmone, there's that o
Gdd melan
Bmcholy feeling
C..And a sense of gu
Dadd9ilt I can't den
Gy..
Gadd11........
G.
Pre-ChorusWhat happ
Cened to the w
Dadd9onderful adv
Gentures
Bm..
The pl
Caces I had pl
Dadd9anned for us to g
Go?.
B.
(Slipping through my fingers all the time)
Well, some
Cof that we
Dadd9did, but most we
Gdidn't
And
Dadd9why, I just don't kn
Gow.
Gadd11........
G.
ChorusSlipping through my f
Cingers all the t
Gime
I try to
Bcapture every
Amminute
The feeling
Gin it
Slipping through my fi
Dngers all the t
Gime
Do I r?ally s
Cee what's in her m
Gind?
Each time I th
Bmink I'm close to k
Amnowing
Sh? ke
Ceps on gr
Gowing
Slipping through my fin
Dgers all the
Gtime.
Gadd11.........
G.
BridgeSome
Ctimes I wish that I could fre
Dadd9eze the pi
Gcture
And s
Cave it from the f
Cm/Ebunny tricks of
Gtime.
B.
Slipping through my fi
Dadd9ngers
InterludeDadd9.......
G...
B...
Am....
Cm....
Em....
D.
C...
G...
B...
C...
G...
Gadd11........
G.
OutroS
Cchoolbag in han
Cmd, she leaves ho
Gme in the early m
Borning
C..Waving goodb
Cmye with an ab
Emsent-minded s
Bmmile