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