Paul Simon – Slip Slidin Away (Guitar)
Capo 1
Key
-
Versions
(4)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Slip Sliding Away chords
Paul Simon 1977 (Greatest Hits, Etc.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slip_Slidin%27_Away
Capo I *
G Em 2x
G Em Slip sliding away, slip sliding away G D C D G You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away Em G I know a man, he came from my hometown C D C C7 He wore his passion for his woman like a thorny crown G Em He said Dolores, I live in fear G D C D G My love for you's so overpowering, I'm afraid that I will disappear G Em Slip sliding away, slip sliding away G D C D G You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away Em D G And I know a woman, became a wife C D C C7 These are the very words she uses to describe her life G Em She said a good day ain't got no rain G D She said a bad day is when I lie in bed C D G And think of things that might have been G Em Slip sliding away, slip sliding away G D C D G F C G You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away Em D G And I know a father who had a son C D C C7 He longed to tell him all the reasons for the things he’d done G Em He came a long way just to explain G D He kissed his boy as he lay sleeping C D G Then he turned around and headed home again G Em He's slip sliding, slip sliding away G D C D G F C G F C G You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away Em G And God only knows, God makes his plan C D C C7 The information's unavailable to the mortal man G Em We're workin our jobs, collect our pay G D C D G Believe we're gliding down the highway, when in fact we're slip sliding away G Em Slip sliding away, slip sliding away G D C D G You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away G Em Slip sliding away, slip sliding away G D C D G You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away
[Outro]
Em G Em Hmm mmm a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo ... x 5
* Alternates:
Capo III
G = F
Em = Dm
D = C
C = Bb
C7 = Bb7
F = Eb
Capo IV
G = E
Em = C#m
D = B
C = A
C7 = A7
F = D
Open (These chords are not in the original key)
G = D
Em = Bm
D = A
C = G
C7 = G7
F = C
G = A
Em = F#m
D = E
C = D
C7 = D7
F = G
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