Chords for Paul Simon - Slip Slidin' Away (Official Audio)

Tempo:
120.85 bpm
Chords used:

Ab

Fm

Db

Eb

Ebm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Paul Simon - Slip Slidin' Away (Official Audio) chords
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Key:
Ab
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Fm
123111111
Db
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Eb
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Ebm
13421116
Ab
134211114
Fm
123111111
Db
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To learn Paul Simon - Slip Slidin Away chords with lyrics, build your understanding on these core chords: Fm, Ab, Fm, C#, Ab, Eb. Kick off your practice at a gentle 60 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 121 BPM. For a balanced sound, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: Ab.

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[Ab] Ooooooo .
[Fm] .
[Ab] .
[Fm] .
Slip sliding [Ab] away.
Slip sliding [Fm] away .
You know [Ab] the nearer your [Eb] destination.
[Db] The more you slip [Eb] sliding [Ab] away .
I know [Fm] a man.
He [Ab] came from my hometown .
He [Db] wore his passion [Eb] for his woman [Db] like a thorny crown.
He [Ab] said, Dolores.
I [Fm] live in fear.
My [Ab] love for you [Eb] is [Db] overpowering.
I'm afraid [Eb] that I will [Ab] disappear.
Slip sliding away.
Slip [Fm] sliding away.
[Ab] You know the nearer your [Eb].
destination.
[Db] The more you [Ebm] slip sliding [Ab] .
away.
[Fm] And I know a woman .
Became a [Ab] wife.
[Db] These are the very words [Eb] she [Db] uses to describe her life .
[Ab] She said, a good day .
Ain't got [Fm] no rain.
She said, are [Ab] bad [Eb] days when I lie in bed.
[Db] And think [Eb] of things that [Ab] might have been.
[Bbm] [Ab] .
Slip sliding away.
Slip [Fm] sliding away .
You know [Ab] the [Eb] nearer your destination.
The [Db] more you slip [Ebm] sliding [Ab] away.
[Gb] [Db].
And [Ab] .
I [Fm] know a [Eb] father who had [Ab] a son.
He [Db] longed to tell him [Eb] all the reasons [Db] for the things he'd done.
He [Ab] came a long way just [Fm] to explain.
He [Ab] kissed his boy as [Eb] he lay sleeping.
[Db] Then he turned [Eb] around and headed [Ab] home again.
He slip sliding .
Slip sliding [Fm] .
away.
You [Ab] know the nearer your [Eb] destination.
[Db] The more you [Ebm] slip [Ab] sliding away.
[Gb] [Db] God [Ab] .
[Gb] [Db] [Ab] .
only knows.
God makes his plan.
The [Eb] information's unavailable [Db] to the mortal man .
We're [Fm] working our jobs .
Collect our pay .
Believe [Ab] we're gliding [Eb] down the highway.
[Db] When in fact [Eb] we're slip [Ab] sliding away .
Slip sliding away .
Slip sliding [Fm] away .
You [Ab] know the nearer your [Eb] destination.
[Db] The more you [Ebm] slip sliding [Ab] away .
Slip sliding away .
Slip sliding [Fm] away .
You [Ab] know the nearer your [Eb] destination.
[Db] The more you [Ebm] slip [Db] sliding [Ab] away .
[Fm] .
[Ab] .
[Fm] .
[Ab] .
[Fm] .
[Ab] .
[Fm] .
[Ab] .
[Fm] .
[Ab] .
[Fm] .
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[N] .

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This song was composed by Paul Simon.

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