Chords for Slip Sliding Away (Paul Simon) by Jackie Greene

_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ Slip sliding away
_ _ _ Slip sliding [Fm] away
_ _ _ _ _ You know the near your [Eb] destination the more you slip [Ab] sliding away
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ He _ [Ab] came from my hometown
_ _ _ He [Db] wore his passion [Bb] for his woman [Db] like a thorned crown _ _
[Db] _ He [Ab] said Dolores _
_ I live [Fm] in fear _ _
_ _ My [Ab] love for you is [Eb] too high and [Db] I'm afraid that [Bb] I will [Ab] disappear _ _ _
_ Slip sliding away _ _ _
_ Slip sliding [Fm] away _ _ _
_ _ You [Ab] know the near your [Eb] destination the more you [Bb] slip sliding [Ab] away
[Db] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] Became a wife _
_ _ _ [Db] These are the very [Eb] words she used [Db] to describe her life
_ _ _ She [Ab] said a good day
_ _ _ Ain't [Fm] got no rain _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] Said a bad [Eb] days when I lie in bed [Db] not thinking [Bb] things that might [Ab] have been
_ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ Slip sliding away
_ _ _ Slip sliding [Fm] away _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] You know the near your [Bb] destination [Db] the more [Bb] you slip [Ab] sliding away
_ [Gb] _ _ I
[Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Db] Know
[Bb] He _ [Ab] _ _ _
longed to tell [Bb] him all the [Db] reasons for the things he done _
_ _ _ He came [Ab] a long way _
_ _ Just to [Fm] explain _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] He kissed his boy as he lay [Bb] sleeping and he turned around and he headed home again _
[Ab] _ He slipped sliding away _
_ Slip [Fm] sliding away _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] You know the near your [F] destination [Db] more you slip [Ab] sliding _ away
[Db] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ God [Fm] only knows _ _
_ _ God makes his plans _
_ _ _ [Db] The [Eb] information's unavailable [Db] to the mortal man
_ _ _ We [Ab] work our jobs
_ _ _ Collect [Fm] our pay _ _ _
[Ab] If we're gliding [Eb] down the highway when [Db] in fact slip [Bb] _
[Ab] sliding away
[Db] _ _ Slip sliding away
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ You _ [Ab] know the near your [F] destination [Db] more you slip [Bb] sliding [Ab] away
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ Oh, [Ab] yeah
_ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] Whoa, yeah
[Gb] _ _ [Db] Slip sliding away
_ _ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] _
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