Slip Slidin' Away Chords by Paul Simon

[Intro]
Ab Fm Ab Fm Ab Db
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Ab Db Ab
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[Verse]
Db   Ab          
Slip slidin' away
             Fm  
Slip slidin' away
             Ab          Eb         
You know the nearer your destination
    Db               Eb      Ab  
The more you're slip slidin' away
       Fm   
I know a man
             Ab          
He came from my home town
        Db          Eb           
He wore his passion for his woman
Db                 
Like a thorny crown


[Chorus]
        Ab     
He said Dolores
       Fm     
I live in fear
        Ab           Eb          
My love for you's so overpowering
Db         Eb          Ab       
I'm afraid that I will disappear
             Ab  
Slip slidin' away
             Ab  
Slip slidin' away
Fm              Ab          Eb         
■  You know the nearer your destination
    Db               Eb      Ab  
The more you're slip slidin' away
       Fm     
I know a woman
         Ab  
Became a wife


[Verse]
              Db         Eb      
These are the very words she uses
   Db               
To describe her life
           Ab      
She said a good day
          Fm     
Ain't got no rain
           Ab               Eb        
She said a bad day's when I lie in bed
Db                  Eb              Ab  
And think of things that might have been


[Chorus]
             Ab  
Slip slidin' away
             Fm  
Slip slidin' away
             Ab          Eb         
You know the nearer your destination
    Db               Eb      Ab  
The more you're slip slidin' away


[Inst]
Gb Db Ab Gb Db Ab
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[Verse]
           Fm      
And I know a father
          Ab 
Who had a son
             Db               Eb     
He longed to tell him all the reasons
        Db              
For the things he'd done
          Ab      
He came a long way
        Fm     
Just to explain
              Ab            Eb      
He kissed his boy as he lay sleeping
        Db     Eb                     Ab   
Then he turned around and headed home again


[Chorus]
             Ab  
Slip slidin' away
             Eb   Fm
Slip slidin' away ■ 
             Ab          Eb         
You know the nearer your destination
Db                   Eb      Ab  
The more you're slip slidin' away


[Inst]
Gb Db Ab Gb Db Ab
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[Verse]
         Fm   
God only knows
              Ab  
God makes his plan
    Db            Eb         
The information's unavailable
       Db        
To the mortal man
        Ab      
We work our jobs
        Fm     
Collect our pay
              Ab      Eb              
Believe we're gliding down the highway
        Db         Eb   Ab          
When in fact we're slip slidin' away


[Chorus]
             Ab  
Slip slidin' away
             Fm  
Slip slidin' away
             Ab          Eb         
You know the nearer your destination
Db                   Eb      Ab  
The more you're slip slidin' away
             Fm  
Slip slidin' away
             Ab          Eb         
You know the nearer your destination
Db                   Eb      Ab  
The more you're slip slidin' away


[Solo]
Fm Ab Fm Ab Fm Ab Fm Ab
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Fm Ab Fm Ab Fm Ab Fm Ab
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[End]