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Slip Slidin' Away:Paul Simon.
Album - Greatest Hits, Etc. - Single went
to #5 in 1977.
CHORUS:
Em G Em
Slip slidin' away..slip slidin' away.
G D
You know the nearer your destination,
C D G
the more you're slip slidin' away.
#1.
Em G
I know a man..he came from my home town.
Em D
He wore his passion for his woman like a
C
thorny crown.
G Em
He said, Dol...ores, I live in fear.
G D C
My love for you's so overpowering, I'm afraid
D G
that I will disappear.
CHORUS:
Em G Em
Slip slidin' away..slip slidin' away.
G D
You know the nearer your destination,
C D G
the more you're slip slidin' away.
#2.
Em G
I know a woman..became a wife.
Em D C
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's when I lie in bed
C D G
and think of things that might have been.
CHORUS:
Em G Em
Slip slidin' away..slip slidin' away.
G D
You know the nearer your destination,
C D G
the more you're slip slidin' away.
#3.
Em D G
I know a fath..er, who had a son.
C D
He longed to tell him all the reasons for the
C
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 F C G
then he turned around and headed home again.
CHORUS:
Em G Em
Slip slidin' away..slip slidin' away.
G D
You know the nearer your destination,
C D G
the more you're slip slidin' away.
#4.
Em G
God only knows..God makes his plan.
Em D C
The information's unavailable to the mortal man.
G Em
We're working our jobs..collect our pay,
G D
believe we're gliding down the highway,
C D G
when in fact we're slip slidin' away.
CHORUS:
Em G Em
Slip slidin' away..slip slidin' away.
G D
You know the nearer your destination,
C D G
the more you're slip slidin' away.
CHORUS:
Em G Em
Slip slidin' away..slip slidin' away.
G D
You know the nearer your destination,
C D G
the more you're slip slidin' away.
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
