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 _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ N _ .
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Standard Tuning (EADGBE)
Song BPM120.85
Song KeyAb
Tempo
100% ➙ 121BPM
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b#
382121205
Ab
Fm
Db
Eb
Ebm
Ab
+0
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Count in 1,2,3
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050100200
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