Paul Simon – Slip Slidin Away (Guitar)

Capo 1
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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]
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* 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 Set8