JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Slipping Through My Fingers" merupakan lagu yang dibawakan oleh ABBA pada1981.
Lagu tersebut ditulis oleh Björn Ulvaeus dan Benny Andersson, kedua anggota pria grup ABBA.
Terinspirasi dari pertumbuhan gadis kecil Björn dan Agnetha Fältskog, lagu ini bercerita mengenai sepasang orang tua yang menyesali betapa waktu berlalu begitu cepat.
Baca juga: Lirik Lagu When You Danced With Me - ABBA
Simak lirik dan chord lagu "Slipping Through My Fingers" berikut ini.
[Verse 1]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Bridge]
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
[Solo]
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
[Outro]
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