ABBA – Slipping Through My Fingers (Guitar)

Capo 3
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Chords

[Verse 1]
Em            G                D
Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in

    Bm7
the early morning

Em      G               D             Bm7
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile

Em          G           D
I watch her go with a surge of that

  Bm7
well-known sadness

E             A7              D
And I have to sit down for a while
[Pre-Chorus]
      Em               A7
The feeling that I'm losing her

D      D7
forever

Em                  A7           D    D7
And without really entering her world

      Em          A7
I'm glad whenever I can share

     D
her laughter

      A           D
That funny little girl
[Chorus]
                    Em7             D
Slipping through my fingers all the time

         A              E
I try to capture every minute

E7              D
The feeling in it

                   Em7               D
Slipping through my fingers all the time

             Em7                D
Do I really see what's in her mind?

             A                  E
Each time I think I'm close to knowing

E7            D
She keeps on growing

                    Em7              D
Slipping through my fingers all the time
[Verse 2]
Em              G          D           Bm7
Sleep in our eyes, her and me at the breakfast table

Em      G            D              Bm7
Barely awake, I let precious time go by

Em              G                  D         Bm7
Then when she’s gone, there's that odd melancholy feeling

E               A7            D
And a sense of guilt I can’t deny
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Em                      A7        D        D7
What happened to those wonderful adventures

Em                A7              D   D7
The places I had planned for us to go

Em                       A7              D
Well, some of that we did, but most we didn't

A                       D
And why, I just don't know
[Chorus]
                Em7                 D
Slipping through my fingers all the time

         A              E
I try to capture every minute

E7              D
The feeling in it

                   Em7               D
Slipping through my fingers all the time

             Em7                D
Do I really see what's in her mind?

             A                  E
Each time I think I'm close to knowing

E7            D
She keeps on growing

                    Em7              D
Slipping through my fingers all the time
[Bridge]
Em                    A7                  D     D7
Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture

    Em               A7                 D
And save it from the funny tricks of time

                        A7
Slipping through my fingers
Em7 D A E E7 D Em7 D Em7 D A E E7 D Em7 D [Verse 3]
Em           G                  D
Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in

Bm7
the early morning
Em G *D *Bm7 Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile