{t:Slip Slidin’ Away} {st:Paul Simon} *{c:|ntro: 1 2 / 1 2 3 4 /} [G]Ooo / [G]oo-oo / [Em]ooo / [Em]ooo [G]Ooo / [G]oo-oo / [Em]ooo /[Em] Slip slidin’ a-[G]way - slip slidin’ a-[Em]way [Em] You know the [G]nearer your desti-[D]nation The [C]more you’re slip [D]slidin’ a-[G]way [G] I know a [Em]man - he came from [G]my hometown [G] He wore his [C]passion for his [D]woman like a [C]thorny crown [C7] He said, “De-[G]lores - I live in [Em]fear [Em] My love for [G]you’s so over-[D]powering I’m a-[C]fraid that I [D]will disap-[G]pear” [G] Slip slidin’ a-[G]way - slip slidin’ a-[Em]way [Em] You know the [G]nearer your desti-[D]nation The [C]more you’re slip [D]slidin’ a-[G]way [G] And, I know a [Em]woman - became a [G]wife [G] These are the [C]very words she [D]uses to des-[C]cribe her life [C7] She said, “A [G]good day - ain’t got no [Em]rain” [Em] She said, “A [G]bad day’s when I [D]lie in bed And [C]think of things [D]that might have [G]been” [G] Slip slidin’ a-[G]way - slip slidin’ a-[Em]way [Em] You know the [G]nearer your desti-[D]nation The [C]more you’re slip [D]slidin’ a-[G]way *{c:| [F] [C] /[G] /[G]} And I know a fa-[Em]-a-[D]ther who had a [G]son He longed to [C]tell him all the [D]reasons for the [C]things he’d done [C7] He came a [G]long way - just to ex-[Em]plain [Em] He kissed his [G]boy as he lay [D]sleeping Then he [C]turned around and [D]headed home a-[G]gain [G] He’s slip slidin’ [G]– [G]slip slidin’ a-[Em]way [Em] You know the [G]nearer your desti-[D]nation The [C]more you’re slip [D]slidin’ a-[G]way *{c:| [F] [C] /[G] /} *{c:| [F] [C] /[G] /[G]} And God only [Em]knows, God makes his [G]plan [G] The infor-[C]mation’s una-[D]vailable to the [C]mortal man [C7] We’re working [G]our jobs, collecting our [Em]pay [Em] Believe we’re [G]gliding down the [D]highway When in [C]fact we’re slip [D]slidin’ a-[G]way [G]↓ Slip slidin’ a-[G]way, slip slidin’ a-[Em]way [Em] You know the [G]nearer your desti-[D]nation The [C]more you’re slip [D]slidin’ a-[G]way [G] Slip slidin’ a-[G]way, slip slidin’ a-[Em]way [Em] You know the [G]nearer your desti-[D]nation The [C]more you’re slip [D]slidin’ a-[G]way [Em] /[G] /[G]↓ {t:Slip Slidin’ Away} #~~~ChordPro Version UPDATED Mar 14, 2016 CEL~~~