Chords for Paul Simon & The Oak Ridge Boys - "Slip Slidin' Away"

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