Slip Slidin Away chords by Paul Simon

Chords with lyrics

Album - Greatest Hits, Etc. - Single went
to #5 in 1977.

CHORUS:
E minorEm
Slip slidin' away..slip slidin' away.
       D MajorD
You know the nearer your destination,
  G+G
the more you're slip slidin' away.

#1.
     G+G
I know a man..he came from my home town.
      D MajorD
He wore his passion for his woman like a
C majorC
thorny crown.
        E minorEm
He said, Dol...ores, I live in fear.
      C majorC
My love for you's so overpowering, I'm afraid
    G+G
that I will disappear.

CHORUS:
E minorEm
Slip slidin' away..slip slidin' away.
       D MajorD
You know the nearer your destination,
  G+G
the more you're slip slidin' away.

#2.
     G+G
I know a woman..became a wife.
       C majorC
These are the very words she uses to describe

her life.
      E minorEm
She said, A augmentedA good day..Ain't got no rain.
      D MajorD
She said, A augmentedA bad day's when I lie in bed
  G+G
and think of things that might have been.

CHORUS:
E minorEm
Slip slidin' away..slip slidin' away.
       D MajorD
You know the nearer your destination,
  G+G
the more you're slip slidin' away.

#3.
     G+G
I know a fath..er, who had a son.
       D MajorD
He longed to tell him all the reasons for the
C majorC
things he'd done.
     E minorEm
He came a long way just to explain.
       D MajorD
He kissed his boy as he lay sleeping,
    G+G
then he turned around and headed home again.

CHORUS:
E minorEm
Slip slidin' away..slip slidin' away.
       D MajorD
You know the nearer your destination,
  G+G
the more you're slip slidin' away.

#4.
     G+G
God only knows..God makes his plan.
     C majorC
The information's unavailable to the mortal man.
         E minorEm
We're working our jobs..collect our pay,
       D MajorD
believe we're gliding down the highway,
    G+G
when in fact we're slip slidin' away.

CHORUS:
E minorEm
Slip slidin' away..slip slidin' away.
       D MajorD
You know the nearer your destination,
  G+G
the more you're slip slidin' away.

CHORUS:
E minorEm
Slip slidin' away..slip slidin' away.
       D MajorD
You know the nearer your destination,
  G+G
the more you're slip slidin' away.


A augmentedA seventies smash from Kraziekhat.

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