Slipping Through My Fingers (Key of F) Harmonica Tabs

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….