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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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