Paul Simon – Slip Slidin Away (Ukulele)

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Capo First Fret [Chorus]
              G
[tab]              Em
[tab]               G              D 
You know the nearer your destination

      C               D       G
The more you're slip slidin' away
[Verse 1]
           Em
I know a man

             G 
He came from my home town

              C             D
He wore his passion for his woman

        C          C7
Like a thorny crown

           G
He said Delores

           Em
I live in fear

            G            D
My love for you's so overpowering

      C           D            G 
I'm afraid that I will disappear
[Chorus]
              G
Slip slidin' away

              Em
Slip slidin' away

            G              D 
You know the nearer your destination

      C               D       G
The more you're slip slidin' away
[Verse 2]
           Em
I know a woman

          G
Became a wife

                C             D
These are the very words she uses

       C             C7
To describe her life

             G   
She said a good day

              Em
Ain't got no rain

            G                 D  
She said a bad day's when I lie in bed

      C            D                 G
And think of things that might have been
[Chorus]
              G
Slip slidin' away

              Em
Slip slidin' away

            G              D 
You know the nearer your destination

      C               D       G
The more you're slip slidin' away
F C7 G [Verse 3]
             Em D  
And I know a fa-ather

           G
Who had a son

              C                  D           C              C7        
He longed to tell him all the reasons for things he'd done

            G
He came a long way

           Em
Just to explain

              G                D
He kissed his boy as he lay sleeping

          C                 D           G
Then he turned around and headed home again
[Chorus]
              G
Slip slidin' away

              Em
Slip slidin' away

            G              D 
You know the nearer your destination

      C               D       G
The more you're slip slidin' away
F C7 G F C7 G [Verse 4]
          Em
God only knows

                G
God makes his plan

          C            D
The information's unavailable

         C        C7
To the mortal man

            G
We work our jobs

            Em
Collect our pay

                 G                D
Believe we're gliding down the highway

          C                       G
When in fact we're slip slidin' away
[Chorus x 2]
              G
Slip slidin' away

              Em
Slip slidin' away

            G              D 
You know the nearer your destination

      C               D       G
The more you're slip slidin' away

              G
Slip slidin' away

              Em
Slip slidin' away

            G              D 
You know the nearer your destination

      C               D       G
The more you're slip slidin' away
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