Slipping Through My Fingers (Key of F)

Key of F Major    Ideal for Low F (correct octave)
Range F3 to C5
Notations:  none = blow    - = draw  
" = whole step bend   ___ = sustain/hold 
( ) = blow chord   -( ) = draw chord

-3"    -3" -3 4_ 4
School-bag in hand,__
4   -4     5_5    5  -5  5   -4 4    -3   
she leaves home__ in the ear-ly morn-ing, 
-3"-3"  -3   4_ 4
wa-ving good-bye__ 
4    -4 -5 5    -4   4  5_____ 5
with an ab-sent-mind-ed smile.______ 
-3" -3'   -3  4  4   -4 5__5
I   watch her go with a surge___ 
5  -5   5    -4    4   3
of that well-known sad-ness, 
-3" -5  -5   5  -4  -4
and  I  have to sit down 
-4  4 4____
for a while. 
-3" -3"  -5  -5   5   5   -4  -4  3   3  5
The feel-ing that I'm los-ing her for-ev-er
-3" -3"  -5  -5   5  5  -4  -4  3   3
and with-out real-ly en-ter-ing her world. 
-3" -3"  -5   -5 5  5 -4  -4    -5  -5    5
I'm glad when-ev-er I can share her laugh-ter, 
3    3   -4 -4  4   4______
that fun-ny lit-tle girl.__ 

2    3    4       5  5   -4   -4  4   4__4
Slip-ping through my fin-gers all the time,__ 
6 5   4  -3 -3 6    5  -3  -3" -4_-4 
I try to cap - ture ev-'ry min-ute,___ 
-4  4    -3" 3  4
the feel-ing in it. 
2    3    4       5  5   -4   -4  4   4_4
Slip-ping through my fin-gers all the time,__ 
2  3 4    5  5   -4     -4 4   4_4
do I real-ly see what's in her mind?_ 
6    5    4 -3_-3  6   5     -3 -3"_-3"-4_-4  
Each time I think  I'm close to know - ing____ 
-4  4     -3" 3    4
she keeps on  grow-ing. 
2    3    4       5  5   -4   -4  4   4_4_____
Slip-ping through my fin-gers all the time.___ 

-3"   -3" -3  4_4
Sleep in  our eyes,__
4   -4  5_5
her and me___
5  -5  5     -4   4  -3
at the break-fast ta-ble, 
-3" -3" -3  4_4
bare-ly a - wake,__
4 -4  -5  5     -4   4  5____5
I let pre-cious time go by.___ 
-3"  -3"  -3    4     4       -4   5_5
Then when she's gone, there's that old__ 
5   -5 5   -4 4    -3
mel-an-chol-y feel-ing 
-3" -5_-5  -5    5  -4
and  a___  sense of guilt
-4 -4    4  4____
I  can't de-ny. 
-3"  -3" -5    -5 5   5   -4  -4  3  3   5__
What hap-pened to the won-der-ful ad-ven-tures, 
-3" -3"  -5 -5  5   5       -4  -4 3  3
the plac-es  I  had planned for us to go? 
-3"   -3"  -5 -5   5  5__5
Well, some of that we did,__
-4  -4   -5 -5  5
but most we did-n't 
3 3   -4 -4   4     4__4___
a why, I just don't know.__ 

2    3    4       5  5   -4   -4  4   4_4
Slip-ping through my fin-gers all the time,__ 
6 5   4  -3 -3 6    5   -3 -3"-3" -4_-4
I try to cap - ture ev-'ry  min - ute,____ 
-4  4    -3" 3  4
the feel-ing in it. 
2    3    4       5  5   -4   -4  4   4__4
Slip-ping through my fin-gers all the time,__ 
2  3 4    5  5   -4     -4 4   4__4
do I real-ly see what's in her mind?__ 
6    5    4 -3_-3 6   5     -3 -3"_-3"-4_-4
Each time I think I'm close to know - ing__ 
-4  4     -3" 3    4
she keeps on  grow-ing. 
2    3    4       5  5   -4   -4  4   4_4____
Slip-ping through my fin-gers all the time.__ 

-3"  -3"  -5 -5   5    5_5__-4  -4    -4__-4
Some-times I wish that I_______ could freeze___
3   3_5 5_5
the pic-ture 
-3" -3"  -5 -5   5   5  -4  -4     3  3__3
and save it from the fun-ny tricks of time.___ 
2    3    4       5  -5  -5__6____(456)
Slip-ping through my fin-gers.________

Interlude:
2 3 4 5 5 -4 -4 4 4 6 5 4 -3_-3

6 5 -3 -3" 

-(2"3") -(2"3") -4 -(32) 4 -4 4 -3" (32) (34)
 
(12) 3 4 5 5 -4 -(432) 4 (432)_(432)___ 

-3"   -3"  3  4_4
School-bag in hand,__
4   -4     5
she leaves home
5  -5  5_5 -4 4__4 -3
in the ear-ly morn-ing, 
-3" -3" -3   4
wav-ing good-bye
4    -4 -5 5    -4   4  4______
with an ab-sent-mind-ed smile....