Chords for Paul Simon Slip Slidin Away HQ Remastered Extended Version
Tempo:
123.3 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Eb
Db
Fm
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Slip [Ab] [Fm]
[Ab]
[F]
[Fm] [Ab] sliding away, slip sliding [Fm]
away.
You [Ab] know the nearer your [Eb] destination, [Db] the more you [Eb] slip sliding [Ab] away.
I know [Fm] a man, he [Ab] came from my hometown.
He [Db] wore his passion [Eb] for his woman [Db] like a thorny crown.
[Db]
He [Fm] said, Dolores, I live in fear.
My love for you is [Eb] so overpowering, I'm [Db] afraid that [Eb] I will [Ab] disappear.
Slip sliding away, slip sliding [Fm] away.
You know [Ab] the nearer your [Eb] destination, the [Db] more you slip [Ebm] sliding [Ab] away.
And I know [Fm] a woman, became [Ab] a wife.
These are [Db] the very [Eb] words she uses [Db] to describe her life.
She said, [Fm] a good day [Ab] ain't got no rain.
She said, a bad day's [Eb] when I lie in bed [Db] and think of [Eb] things that [Ab] might have been.
Slip sliding away, slip sliding [Fm] away.
You [Ab] know the nearer your [Eb] destination, [Db] the more you [Eb] slip sliding [Db] away.
[Ab] [Gb] [Db] [Ab]
And I know [Fm] a
[Eb] father who [Ab] had a son.
He [Db] longed to tell [Eb] him all the reasons [Db] for the things he'd done.
He [Ab] came a long way just [Fm] to explain.
He [Ab] kissed his boy as [Eb] he lay sleeping, [Db] then he turned [Eb] around and headed [Ab] home again.
He slip sliding, slip sliding [Fm] away.
You [Ab] know the nearer your [Bb] destination, [Db] the more you [Eb] slip [Ab] sliding away.
[Gb]
[Db] [Ab] [Gb]
[Db] [Ab]
And God only [F] knows, God [Ab] makes his plan.
[Eb] The information's unavailable to [Db] the mortal man.
[Fm] We're working our jobs, [Ab] [Fm] collect our pay.
[Ab] Believe we're gliding [Eb] down the highway [Db] when in fact [Eb] we're slip [Ab] sliding away.
[Fm] Slip [Ab] sliding away, slip sliding [Fm] away.
You [Ab] know the nearer your [Eb] destination, [Db] the more you [Eb] slip [Ab] sliding away.
I know [Fm] a man, he [Ab] came from my hometown.
He [Db] wore his passion [Eb] for his woman [Db] like a thorny crown.
He [Ab] said, Dolores, I [Fm] live in fear.
My love for you is [Eb] so overpowering, I'm [Db] afraid that I will [Ab] disappear.
Slip sliding away, slip sliding [Fm] away.
You know [Ab] the nearer your [Eb] destination, [Db] the more you slip [Eb] sliding [Ab] away.
And I know [Fm] a woman, [Fm]
became [Ab] a wife.
These [Db] are the very [Eb] words she uses [Db] to describe her [Db] life.
She said, a [Fm] good day ain't got no rain.
She said, all bad days [Eb] went to lie in bed [Db] and think of [Eb] things that [Ab] might have been.
Slip sliding away, slip sliding [Fm] away.
You [Ab] know the nearer your [Eb] destination, [Db] the more you [Eb] slip sliding [Ab]
away.
[Gb] [Db] [Ab]
And I know [Fm] a
[Eb] father who [Ab] had a son.
He [Db] longed to tell [Eb] him all the reasons [Db] for the things he'd done.
He [Ab] came a long way just [Fm] to explain.
He [Ab] kissed his boy [Eb] as he lay [Db] sleeping, then he turned [Eb] around and headed [Ab] home again.
He slip sliding, slip sliding [Fm] away.
[Ab] You know the nearer your [Bb] destination, [Db] the more you [Eb] slip [Ab] sliding away.
[Gb]
[Db] [Ab] [Gb]
[Db] [Ab]
And God only [F] knows, God [Ab] makes his plan.
[Eb] The [Bbm] information's [Eb] unavailable to [Db] the mortal man.
[Fm] We're working our [Ab] jobs, [Fm] collect our pay.
[Ab] Believe we're gliding [Eb] down the highway [Db] when in fact [Eb] we're slip [Ab] sliding away.
Slip sliding away, slip sliding [Fm]
away.
You [Eb] know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding [Db]
away.
[Ab] Slip sliding away, slip [Fm] sliding away.
You [Ab] know the nearer your [Eb] destination, [Db] the more you [Ebm] slip [Ab] sliding away.
[Fm] [Ab]
[F]
[Fm] [Ab]
[F]
[Ab]
[Fm]
[Ab]
[F]
[Ab]
[Fm]
[Ab]
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[Fm] [Ab] sliding away, slip sliding [Fm]
away.
You [Ab] know the nearer your [Eb] destination, [Db] the more you [Eb] slip sliding [Ab] away.
I know [Fm] a man, he [Ab] came from my hometown.
He [Db] wore his passion [Eb] for his woman [Db] like a thorny crown.
[Db]
He [Fm] said, Dolores, I live in fear.
My love for you is [Eb] so overpowering, I'm [Db] afraid that [Eb] I will [Ab] disappear.
Slip sliding away, slip sliding [Fm] away.
You know [Ab] the nearer your [Eb] destination, the [Db] more you slip [Ebm] sliding [Ab] away.
And I know [Fm] a woman, became [Ab] a wife.
These are [Db] the very [Eb] words she uses [Db] to describe her life.
She said, [Fm] a good day [Ab] ain't got no rain.
She said, a bad day's [Eb] when I lie in bed [Db] and think of [Eb] things that [Ab] might have been.
Slip sliding away, slip sliding [Fm] away.
You [Ab] know the nearer your [Eb] destination, [Db] the more you [Eb] slip sliding [Db] away.
[Ab] [Gb] [Db] [Ab]
And I know [Fm] a
[Eb] father who [Ab] had a son.
He [Db] longed to tell [Eb] him all the reasons [Db] for the things he'd done.
He [Ab] came a long way just [Fm] to explain.
He [Ab] kissed his boy as [Eb] he lay sleeping, [Db] then he turned [Eb] around and headed [Ab] home again.
He slip sliding, slip sliding [Fm] away.
You [Ab] know the nearer your [Bb] destination, [Db] the more you [Eb] slip [Ab] sliding away.
[Gb]
[Db] [Ab] [Gb]
[Db] [Ab]
And God only [F] knows, God [Ab] makes his plan.
[Eb] The information's unavailable to [Db] the mortal man.
[Fm] We're working our jobs, [Ab] [Fm] collect our pay.
[Ab] Believe we're gliding [Eb] down the highway [Db] when in fact [Eb] we're slip [Ab] sliding away.
[Fm] Slip [Ab] sliding away, slip sliding [Fm] away.
You [Ab] know the nearer your [Eb] destination, [Db] the more you [Eb] slip [Ab] sliding away.
I know [Fm] a man, he [Ab] came from my hometown.
He [Db] wore his passion [Eb] for his woman [Db] like a thorny crown.
He [Ab] said, Dolores, I [Fm] live in fear.
My love for you is [Eb] so overpowering, I'm [Db] afraid that I will [Ab] disappear.
Slip sliding away, slip sliding [Fm] away.
You know [Ab] the nearer your [Eb] destination, [Db] the more you slip [Eb] sliding [Ab] away.
And I know [Fm] a woman, [Fm]
became [Ab] a wife.
These [Db] are the very [Eb] words she uses [Db] to describe her [Db] life.
She said, a [Fm] good day ain't got no rain.
She said, all bad days [Eb] went to lie in bed [Db] and think of [Eb] things that [Ab] might have been.
Slip sliding away, slip sliding [Fm] away.
You [Ab] know the nearer your [Eb] destination, [Db] the more you [Eb] slip sliding [Ab]
away.
[Gb] [Db] [Ab]
And I know [Fm] a
[Eb] father who [Ab] had a son.
He [Db] longed to tell [Eb] him all the reasons [Db] for the things he'd done.
He [Ab] came a long way just [Fm] to explain.
He [Ab] kissed his boy [Eb] as he lay [Db] sleeping, then he turned [Eb] around and headed [Ab] home again.
He slip sliding, slip sliding [Fm] away.
[Ab] You know the nearer your [Bb] destination, [Db] the more you [Eb] slip [Ab] sliding away.
[Gb]
[Db] [Ab] [Gb]
[Db] [Ab]
And God only [F] knows, God [Ab] makes his plan.
[Eb] The [Bbm] information's [Eb] unavailable to [Db] the mortal man.
[Fm] We're working our [Ab] jobs, [Fm] collect our pay.
[Ab] Believe we're gliding [Eb] down the highway [Db] when in fact [Eb] we're slip [Ab] sliding away.
Slip sliding away, slip sliding [Fm]
away.
You [Eb] know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding [Db]
away.
[Ab] Slip sliding away, slip [Fm] sliding away.
You [Ab] know the nearer your [Eb] destination, [Db] the more you [Ebm] slip [Ab] sliding away.
[Fm] [Ab]
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[Fm] [Ab]
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Key:
Ab
Eb
Db
Fm
F
Ab
Eb
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_ Slip _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
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[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] sliding away, _ _ slip sliding [Fm] _
away.
_ _ _ You [Ab] know the nearer your [Eb] destination, [Db] the more you [Eb] slip sliding [Ab] away.
_ _ _ _ I know [Fm] a man, _ _ _ _ he [Ab] came from my hometown.
_ _ _ He [Db] wore his passion [Eb] for his woman [Db] like a thorny crown.
_ [Db] _ _
He [Fm] said, Dolores, _ _ _ I live in _ fear. _ _
My love for you is [Eb] so overpowering, I'm [Db] afraid that [Eb] I will [Ab] disappear.
_ _ Slip sliding away, _ _ slip sliding [Fm] away.
_ You _ know [Ab] the nearer your [Eb] destination, the [Db] more you slip [Ebm] sliding [Ab] _ _ away. _
And I know [Fm] a woman, _ _ _ _ became [Ab] a wife. _ _ _ _
These are [Db] the very [Eb] words she uses [Db] to describe her life.
_ _ She said, [Fm] a good _ _ day _ [Ab] ain't got no rain.
_ _ _ _ She said, a bad day's [Eb] when I lie in bed [Db] and think of [Eb] things that [Ab] might have been.
_ _ _ Slip sliding _ away, _ _ slip sliding [Fm] away.
_ _ _ _ You [Ab] know the nearer your [Eb] destination, [Db] the more you [Eb] slip sliding [Db] away.
[Ab] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ And I know [Fm] a _
[Eb] father who [Ab] had a son.
He [Db] longed to tell [Eb] him all the reasons [Db] for the things he'd done. _ _
He [Ab] came a long way _ _ _ just [Fm] to explain. _ _ _ _
He [Ab] kissed his boy as [Eb] he lay sleeping, [Db] then he turned [Eb] around and headed [Ab] home again.
_ _ He slip sliding, _ _ _ _ slip sliding [Fm] _ away. _ _ _
You [Ab] know the nearer your [Bb] destination, [Db] the more you [Eb] slip [Ab] sliding away.
_ [Gb] _ _
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
And God only [F] knows, _ _ _ God [Ab] makes his plan. _ _ _
_ [Eb] The information's unavailable to [Db] the mortal man.
_ _ _ [Fm] We're working our jobs, [Ab] _ _ _ [Fm] collect our pay.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] Believe we're gliding [Eb] down the highway [Db] when in fact [Eb] we're slip [Ab] sliding away.
_ _ _ [Fm] Slip [Ab] sliding away, _ _ _ slip sliding [Fm] away.
_ _ _ _ You [Ab] know the nearer your [Eb] destination, [Db] the more you [Eb] slip [Ab] sliding away.
_ _ _ _ I know [Fm] a man, _ _ _ _ he [Ab] came from my hometown.
_ _ _ He [Db] wore his passion [Eb] for his woman [Db] like a thorny crown. _ _
He [Ab] said, Dolores, _ _ _ _ I [Fm] live in _ fear. _ _
My love for you is [Eb] so overpowering, I'm [Db] afraid that I will [Ab] disappear.
_ _ Slip sliding away, _ _ slip sliding [Fm] away. _ _ _ _
You know [Ab] the nearer your [Eb] destination, [Db] the more you slip [Eb] sliding [Ab] away. _ _ _
And I know [Fm] a woman, _ _ [Fm] _ _
became [Ab] a wife. _ _ _ _
These [Db] are the very [Eb] words she uses [Db] to describe her _ [Db] life.
_ She said, a [Fm] good _ _ day _ ain't got no rain.
_ _ _ _ She said, all bad days [Eb] went to lie in bed [Db] and think of [Eb] things that [Ab] might have been.
_ _ _ Slip sliding away, _ _ _ slip sliding [Fm] away.
_ _ _ _ You [Ab] know the nearer your [Eb] destination, [Db] the more you [Eb] slip sliding [Ab] _
away.
_ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ And I know [Fm] a _
[Eb] father who [Ab] had a son.
He [Db] longed to tell [Eb] him all the reasons [Db] for the things he'd done. _ _
He [Ab] came a long way _ _ just [Fm] to explain.
_ _ He _ [Ab] kissed his boy [Eb] as he lay [Db] sleeping, then he turned [Eb] around and headed [Ab] home again.
_ He slip sliding, _ _ _ _ slip sliding [Fm] _ away. _ _ _
_ [Ab] You know the nearer your [Bb] destination, [Db] the more you [Eb] slip [Ab] sliding away.
_ [Gb] _ _
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
And God only [F] knows, _ _ _ God [Ab] makes his plan. _ _ _
_ [Eb] The [Bbm] information's [Eb] unavailable to [Db] the mortal man.
_ _ _ [Fm] We're working our _ [Ab] jobs, _ _ [Fm] collect our pay.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] Believe we're gliding [Eb] down the highway [Db] when in fact [Eb] we're slip [Ab] sliding away.
_ _ Slip sliding away, _ _ _ slip sliding [Fm] _
away.
_ _ _ You [Eb] know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding [Db]
away.
[Ab] _ _ Slip sliding away, _ _ slip [Fm] sliding away.
_ _ _ _ You [Ab] know the nearer your [Eb] destination, [Db] the more you [Ebm] slip [Ab] sliding away.
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
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[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
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_ Slip _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] sliding away, _ _ slip sliding [Fm] _
away.
_ _ _ You [Ab] know the nearer your [Eb] destination, [Db] the more you [Eb] slip sliding [Ab] away.
_ _ _ _ I know [Fm] a man, _ _ _ _ he [Ab] came from my hometown.
_ _ _ He [Db] wore his passion [Eb] for his woman [Db] like a thorny crown.
_ [Db] _ _
He [Fm] said, Dolores, _ _ _ I live in _ fear. _ _
My love for you is [Eb] so overpowering, I'm [Db] afraid that [Eb] I will [Ab] disappear.
_ _ Slip sliding away, _ _ slip sliding [Fm] away.
_ You _ know [Ab] the nearer your [Eb] destination, the [Db] more you slip [Ebm] sliding [Ab] _ _ away. _
And I know [Fm] a woman, _ _ _ _ became [Ab] a wife. _ _ _ _
These are [Db] the very [Eb] words she uses [Db] to describe her life.
_ _ She said, [Fm] a good _ _ day _ [Ab] ain't got no rain.
_ _ _ _ She said, a bad day's [Eb] when I lie in bed [Db] and think of [Eb] things that [Ab] might have been.
_ _ _ Slip sliding _ away, _ _ slip sliding [Fm] away.
_ _ _ _ You [Ab] know the nearer your [Eb] destination, [Db] the more you [Eb] slip sliding [Db] away.
[Ab] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ And I know [Fm] a _
[Eb] father who [Ab] had a son.
He [Db] longed to tell [Eb] him all the reasons [Db] for the things he'd done. _ _
He [Ab] came a long way _ _ _ just [Fm] to explain. _ _ _ _
He [Ab] kissed his boy as [Eb] he lay sleeping, [Db] then he turned [Eb] around and headed [Ab] home again.
_ _ He slip sliding, _ _ _ _ slip sliding [Fm] _ away. _ _ _
You [Ab] know the nearer your [Bb] destination, [Db] the more you [Eb] slip [Ab] sliding away.
_ [Gb] _ _
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
And God only [F] knows, _ _ _ God [Ab] makes his plan. _ _ _
_ [Eb] The information's unavailable to [Db] the mortal man.
_ _ _ [Fm] We're working our jobs, [Ab] _ _ _ [Fm] collect our pay.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] Believe we're gliding [Eb] down the highway [Db] when in fact [Eb] we're slip [Ab] sliding away.
_ _ _ [Fm] Slip [Ab] sliding away, _ _ _ slip sliding [Fm] away.
_ _ _ _ You [Ab] know the nearer your [Eb] destination, [Db] the more you [Eb] slip [Ab] sliding away.
_ _ _ _ I know [Fm] a man, _ _ _ _ he [Ab] came from my hometown.
_ _ _ He [Db] wore his passion [Eb] for his woman [Db] like a thorny crown. _ _
He [Ab] said, Dolores, _ _ _ _ I [Fm] live in _ fear. _ _
My love for you is [Eb] so overpowering, I'm [Db] afraid that I will [Ab] disappear.
_ _ Slip sliding away, _ _ slip sliding [Fm] away. _ _ _ _
You know [Ab] the nearer your [Eb] destination, [Db] the more you slip [Eb] sliding [Ab] away. _ _ _
And I know [Fm] a woman, _ _ [Fm] _ _
became [Ab] a wife. _ _ _ _
These [Db] are the very [Eb] words she uses [Db] to describe her _ [Db] life.
_ She said, a [Fm] good _ _ day _ ain't got no rain.
_ _ _ _ She said, all bad days [Eb] went to lie in bed [Db] and think of [Eb] things that [Ab] might have been.
_ _ _ Slip sliding away, _ _ _ slip sliding [Fm] away.
_ _ _ _ You [Ab] know the nearer your [Eb] destination, [Db] the more you [Eb] slip sliding [Ab] _
away.
_ [Gb] _ _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ And I know [Fm] a _
[Eb] father who [Ab] had a son.
He [Db] longed to tell [Eb] him all the reasons [Db] for the things he'd done. _ _
He [Ab] came a long way _ _ just [Fm] to explain.
_ _ He _ [Ab] kissed his boy [Eb] as he lay [Db] sleeping, then he turned [Eb] around and headed [Ab] home again.
_ He slip sliding, _ _ _ _ slip sliding [Fm] _ away. _ _ _
_ [Ab] You know the nearer your [Bb] destination, [Db] the more you [Eb] slip [Ab] sliding away.
_ [Gb] _ _
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _
[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
And God only [F] knows, _ _ _ God [Ab] makes his plan. _ _ _
_ [Eb] The [Bbm] information's [Eb] unavailable to [Db] the mortal man.
_ _ _ [Fm] We're working our _ [Ab] jobs, _ _ [Fm] collect our pay.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] Believe we're gliding [Eb] down the highway [Db] when in fact [Eb] we're slip [Ab] sliding away.
_ _ Slip sliding away, _ _ _ slip sliding [Fm] _
away.
_ _ _ You [Eb] know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding [Db]
away.
[Ab] _ _ Slip sliding away, _ _ slip [Fm] sliding away.
_ _ _ _ You [Ab] know the nearer your [Eb] destination, [Db] the more you [Ebm] slip [Ab] sliding away.
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
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