Slip Slidin' Away chords by Paul Simon
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Intro 1
(G major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor)
Chorus 1
Slip slidin' a (G major) way
Slip slidin' a (E minor) way
You know the nea (G major) rer your destina (D major) tion
The more (C major) you slip sli (D major) din' a (G major) way
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Verse 1
I know a man (E minor)
He came from (G major) my home town
He wore his (C major) passion for his (D major) woman
Like a (C major) thorny crown
He said De (G major) lores I live in (E minor) fear
My love for (G major) you's so over (D major) powering
I'm afraid (C major) that I (D major) will disap (G major) pear
Chorus 2
Slip slidin' a (G major) way
Slip slidin' a (E minor) way
You know the nea (G major) rer your destina (D major) tion
The more (C major) you slip sli (D major) din' a (G major) way
Verse 2
I know a wo (E minor) man
Became a (G major) wife
These are the (C major) very words she (D major) uses
To des (C major) cribe her life
She said a good (G major) day
Ain't got no (E minor) rain
She said a bad (G major) day's when I lie (D major) in bed
And (C major) think of things (D major) that might have (G major) been
Chorus 3
Slip slidin' a (G major) way
Slip slidin' a (E minor) way
You know the nea (G major) rer your destina (D major) tion
The more (C major) you slip sli (D major) din' a (G major) way
(F major) (C major) (G major) (G major)
Bridge 1
And I know a fa (E minor) (D major) ther
Who had a (G major) son
He longed to (C major) tell him all the (D major) reasons
For the (C major) things he'd done
He came a long (G major) way
Just to ex (E minor) plain
He kissed his boy (G major) as he lay (D major) sleeping
Then he (C major) turned around
and (D major) headed home a (G major) gain
Chorus 4
He's slip slidin' a (G major) way
Slip slidin' a (E minor) way
You know the nea (G major) rer your destina (D major) tion
The more (C major) you're slip sli (D major) din' a (G major) way
(F major) (C major) (G major)
(F major) (C major) (G major)
Bridge 2
God only knows (E minor)
God makes his (G major) plan
The informa (C major) tion's unavai (D major) lable
To the (C major) mortal man (C7)
We work our (G major) jobs
Collect our (E minor) pay
Believe we're (G major) gliding down the (D major) highway
When in (C major) fact we're slip sli (D major) din' away (G major)
Chorus 5
Slip slidin' a (G major) way
Slip slidin' a (E minor) way
You know the nea (G major) rer your destina (D major) tion
The more (C major) you're slip sli (D major) din' a (G major) way
Slip slidin' a (G major) way
Slip slidin' a (E minor) way
You know the nea (G major) rer your destina (D major) tion
The more (C major) you're slip sli (D major) din' a
Outro 1
(G major) (way) Mmm (E minor) (G major) (E minor)
(G major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor)
(G major) (E minor) (G major) (E minor)
Slip Slidin' Away
Paul Simon
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