Slip Sliding Away

Paul Simon

Slip Sliding Away chords
Paul Simon  1977 (Greatest Hits, Etc.)
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slip_Slidin%27_Away
 
Capo I *
 
A  F#m 2x
 
              A                  F#m
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away
             A                E           D                E        A
You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away
 
         F#m               A
I know a man, he came from my hometown
            D               E            D           D7
He wore his passion for his woman like a thorny crown
          A                F#m
He said Dolores, I live in fear
            A            E              D          E           A
My love for you's so overpowering, I'm afraid that I will disappear
 
              A                  F#m
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away
             A                E           D                E        A
You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away
 

             F#m    E          A
And I know a woman,   became a wife
              D              E          D             D7
These are the very words she uses to describe her life
           A                     F#m
She said a good day ain't got no rain
           A                 E
She said a bad day is when I lie in bed
    D        E                      A
And think of things that might have been
 
              A                  F#m
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away
             A                E           D                 E        A     G D A
You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away
 
             F#m  E           A
And I know a father who had a son
             D                E               D               D7
He longed to tell him all the reasons for the things he’d done
          A                  F#m
He came a long way just to explain
              A             E
He kissed his boy as he lay sleeping
        D                 E            A
Then he turned around and headed home again
 
              A                  F#m
He's slip sliding, slip sliding away
             A                E           D                E        A    G D A   G D A
You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away
 
             F#m                  A
And God only knows, God makes his plan
    D               E                D         D7
The information's unavailable to the mortal man
                 A                 F#m
We're workin our jobs, collect our pay
              A                E                D               E        A
Believe we're gliding down the highway, when in fact we're slip sliding away
 
              A                  F#m
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away
             A                E           D                E        A
You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away 
              A                  F#m
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away
             A                E           D                E        A
You know the nearer your destination, the more you're slip sliding away
 
[Outro]
 
F#m            A                                          F#m
Hmm  mmm    a  lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo a lo    ... x 5
 
* Alternates:
 
Capo III
 
A  = G
F#m = Em
E  = D
D  = C
D7 = C7
G  = F
 
Capo IV
 
A  = F#
F#m = D#m
E  = C#
D  = B
D7 = B7
G  = E
 
Open (These chords are not in the original key)
 
A  = E
F#m = C#m
E  = B
D  = A
D7 = A7
G  = D
 
Open (These chords are not in the original key)
 
A  = B
F#m = G#m
E  = F#
D  = E
D7 = E7
G  = A
 
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