Slip Slidin' Away
Paul Simon (1977)
intro: | |: | G | Em | :| | C | D | G | ||||||||
G | Em | |
Slip sliding a | way, slip sliding a | way |
G | D | C | D | G | |
You know the | near your desti | nation, the | more you slip | sliding a | way |
Em | G | |
Whoah and I know a | man, he came from my | hometown. |
C | D | C | C7 | |
He wore his | passion for his | woman like a thorny | crown. |
G | Em | |
He said | Dolores, I live in | fear. |
G | D | C | D | G | |
My love for | you's so over | powering, I'm | afraid that I | will dis | appear. |
G | Em | |
Slip sliding a | way, slip sliding a | way! |
G | D | C | D | G | |
You know the | near your desti | nation, the | more you slip | sliding a | way. |
I know a woman, (who) became a wife; |
These are the very words she uses to describe her life. |
She said a good day ain't got no rain |
She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed; And I think of things that might have been |
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away. |
You know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding away. |
And I know a father who had a son. |
He longed to tell him all the reasons for the things he'd done. |
He came a long way just to explain; |
He kissed his boy as he lay sleeping, Then he turned around and he headed home again |
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away. |
You know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding away. |
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away. |
You know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding away. |
harp solo
Whoah God only knows, God makes his plan. |
The information's unavailable to the mortal man. |
We're workin' our jobs, collect our pay. |
Believe we're gliding down the highway, when in fact we're slip sliding away. |
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away. |
You know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding away. |
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away. |
You know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding away. |