How to Play Slipping Through My Fingers on Ukulele?

ABBA - Slipping Through My Fingers can be played in the key of G using the G, Gm, D, F#m, A chords. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, leave G open. For Gm, To play Gm, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 3 on the E string with finger 4, press fret 1 on the A string with finger 2, leave G open. For D, To play D, barre fret 2 across G–E with finger 1, leave A open. For F#m, To play F#m | Gbm, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the C string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the E string with finger 3, leave A open. For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the C string with finger 2, leave E, A open. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Slipping Through My Fingers with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

ABBA - Slipping Through My Fingers Ukulele Chords

Chord reference G, Gm, D, F#m, D, A

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[G]Schoolbag in [Gm]hand She [D]leaves home in the [F#m]early morning [G]Waving good[Gm]bye With an [D]absent-minded [F#m]smile [G]I watch her [Gm]go With a [D]surge of that well-[F#m]known sadness [G]And I have to [A]sit down for a [D]while

The [G]feeling that I’m [A]losing her for[D]ever [F#] And [G]without really [A]entering her [D]world I’m [G]glad whenever [A]I can share her [D]laughter, that [A]funny little [D]girl

Slipping through my [G]fingers all the [D]time I try to [F#m]capture every min[Em]ute The [G]feeling [D]in it Slipping through my [A]fingers all the [D]time

Do I really [G]see what’s in her [D]mind Each time I [F#m]think I’m close to [Em]knowing She [G]keeps on [D]growing Slipping through my [A]fingers all the [D]time

[G]Sleep in our [Gm]eyes Her and [D]me at the [F#m]breakfast table [G]Barely a[Gm]wake [D]I let precious time go [F#m]by [G]Then when she’s [Gm]gone There’s that [D]odd melan[F#m]choly feeling [G]And a sense of [A]guilt I can’t [D]deny

What [G]happened to the [A]wonderful ad[D]ventures [F#] The [G]places I had [A]planned for us to [D]go ([D]slipping through my fingers all the time) [G]Well some of that we [A]did But most we [D]didn’t And [A]why I just don’t [D]know

Slipping through my [G]fingers all the [D]time I try to [F#m]capture every [Em]minute The [G]feeling [D]in it Slipping through my [A]fingers all the [D]time

Do I really [G]see what’s in her [D]mind Each time I [F#m]think I’m close to [Em]knowing She [G]keeps on [D]growing Slipping through my [A]fingers all the [D]time

[G]Sometimes I wish that [A]I could freeze the [D]picture [F#] [G]And save it from the [A]funny tricks of [D]time [D]Slipping through my [G]fin[A]gers [D]

[G] [D] [F#m] [Em] [G] [D] [A] [D]

[G] [D] [F#m] [Em] [G] [D]

[D]Slipping through my [A]fingers all the [D]time

[G]Schoolbag in [Gm]hand She leaves [D]home in the [F#m]early morning [G]Waving good[Gm]bye with an [D]absent-minded [F#m]smile

Artist ABBA

Album The Visitors

Genres Europop

Year 1981

Key G

ABBA - Slipping Through My Fingers can be played in the key of G using the G, Gm, D, F#m, A chords.

For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, leave G open.
For Gm, To play Gm, press fret 2 on the C string with finger 3, press fret 3 on the E string with finger 4, press fret 1 on the A string with finger 2, leave G open.
For D, To play D, barre fret 2 across G–E with finger 1, leave A open.
For F#m, To play F#m | Gbm, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the C string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the E string with finger 3, leave A open.
For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the C string with finger 2, leave E, A open.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Slipping Through My Fingers with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.