Slip Slidin' Away


written and performed by Paul Simon
from "Greatest Hits, Etc."
Transcribed by Erik Strom.



               G   
 Slip slidin' away

               Em        
 Slip slidin' away

              G                D
 You know the nearer your destination

    C                D       G    
The more you're slip slidin' away


          Em7         
 I know a man

              G6           
 He came from my home town

             C               D
 He wore his passion for his woman

       C            
Like a thorny crown

           G     
 He said Delores

           Em7  
 I live in fear

             G            D
 My love for you's so overpowering

    C           D           G    
I'm afraid that I will disappear



                   
 Slip slidin' away

               Em        
 Slip slidin' away

              G                D
 You know the nearer your destination

    C                D       G    
The more you're slip slidin' away


          Em7          
 I know a woman

          G6   
 Became a wife

               C              D
 These are the very words she uses

      C              
To describe her life

            G        
 She said a good day

              Em7  
 Ain't got no rain

            G                D
 She said a bad day's when I lie in bed

    C        D                      G    
And think of things that might have been


                   
 Slip slidin' away

               Em        
 Slip slidin' away

              G                D
 You know the nearer your destination

    C                D       G    F C  G  
The more you're slip slidin' away


              Em D
 And I know a fa-ther

          G
Who had a son

              C                D
 He longed to tell him all the reasons

        C                
For the things he'd done

C7           G6       
   He came a long way

        Em7     
Just to explain

              G             D
He kissed his boy as he lay sleeping

        C                 D           G     
Then he turned around and headed home again


                   
 Slip slidin' away

               Em        
 Slip slidin' away

              G                D
 You know the nearer your destination

    C                D       G    F C  G  F C  G  
The more you're slip slidin' away
 


          Em    
 God only knows

              G    
God makes his plan

         C           D
The information's unavailable

       C          
To the mortal man

C7             G6   
   We work our jobs

            Em7  
Collect our pay

               G                D
 Believe we're gliding down the highway

        C               D        G   
When in fact we're slip slidin' away


                   
 Slip slidin' away

               Em        
 Slip slidin' away

              G                D
 You know the nearer your destination

    C                D       G    
The more you're slip slidin' away


               Em        
 Slip slidin' away

              G                D
 You know the nearer your destination

    C                D       G    
The more you're slip slidin' away


   Em     G     Em     G     Em     
Mmm--------------------------------       


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