Slip Slidin' Away Chords by Paul Simon

[Start]

[Intro]
Ab Fm Ab Fm
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[Verse]
             Ab  
Slip slidin' away
Db      Ab      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     Db7  
Like a thorny crown
        Ab     
He said Delores
       Fm     
I live in fear
            Ab       Eb          
My love for you's so overpowering
    Db          Eb     Ab       
I'm afraid that I will disappear


[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


[Verse]
         Fm   
I know a woman
         Ab  
Became a wife
              Db         Eb      
These are the very words she uses
   Db           Db7 
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   Gb Db
The more you're slip slidin' away ■  ■ 


[Verse]
Ab              Fm     Eb
■  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
Db7           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     
He's slip slidin'
             Fm  
Slip slidin' away
             Ab          Eb         
You know the nearer your destination
    Db               Eb      Ab  
The more you're slip slidin' away
Gb Db Ab Gb Db Ab
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[Verse]
         F7   
God only knows
              Ab  
God makes his plan
    Db            Ab          Eb
The information's unavailable ■ 
       Db        
To the mortal man
Db7     Ab7 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   Db Ab
The more you're slip slidin' away ■  ■ 
             Ab  
Slip slidin' away
             Fm  
Slip slidin' away
             Ab          Eb         
You know the nearer your destination
    Db               Eb      Ab   Fm
The more you're slip slidin' away ■ 
Fm 
Mmm


[Bridge]
Ab Fm Ab Fm Ab Fm
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[Outro]
Ab Fm Ab Fm
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[End]