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. |
