Paul Simon - Slip Slidin Away

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 .